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| | Convert dual-boot to virtual PC? Hi, My mom just got a Vista PC and I told her she could run her old PC inside Vista with Virtual PC. Her old PC has a dual -boot of Windows and windows2000 on a single physical IDE hard drive. I imagine I would need to convert the windows98 and Win2000 into separate VM's How can I do this and where to start? I have experience win the host software - I have a couple VM machines but they were native builds, not P2V. I've only done P2V with VMware/ Thank you, -Bob |
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| | Re: Convert dual-boot to virtual PC? just bob wrote: Quote: > Hi, > > My mom just got a Vista PC and I told her she could run her old PC inside > Vista with Virtual PC. Her old PC has a dual -boot of Windows and > windows2000 on a single physical IDE hard drive. > > I imagine I would need to convert the windows98 and Win2000 into separate > VM's > > How can I do this and where to start? > > I have experience win the host software - I have a couple VM machines but > they were native builds, not P2V. I've only done P2V with VMware/ > > Thank you, > -Bob > > Hi, It's been awhile since I've tried it, but this "in place upgrade" procedure: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292175 has sometimes (no guarantees) worked for me. Jim |
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| | Re: Convert dual-boot to virtual PC? On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:36:33 -0700, "just bob" <kilbyfan@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Hi, > >My mom just got a Vista PC and I told her she could run her old PC inside >Vista with Virtual PC. Her old PC has a dual -boot of Windows and >windows2000 on a single physical IDE hard drive. > >I imagine I would need to convert the windows98 and Win2000 into separate >VM's > >How can I do this and where to start? > >I have experience win the host software - I have a couple VM machines but >they were native builds, not P2V. I've only done P2V with VMware/ > >Thank you, >-Bob > The dual boot shouldn't be an issue. MS doesn't have a P2V for VPC. But, using something Acronic TrueImage or Ghost should let you image the box and then dump it into a VM. Although I'd guess that for TrueImage you'd need to do them separate for it to work correctly. -- Cheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ |
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| | Re: Convert dual-boot to virtual PC? Arg! what should be stated in the group FAQ and following any post like mine is: "Hey fella: if your mom bought a Vista machine with either of the "home" editions, your out of luck, pal! Good luck trying to buy computer with ultimate or business edition at a Best Buy or Frys. Thanks, Microsoft. You really SUCK! You are pissing off grandmothers the world over.... "just bob" <kilbyfan@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:RJqdnTZy3OXM_PLXnZ2dnUVZ_tydnZ2d@xxxxxx Quote: > Hi, > > My mom just got a Vista PC and I told her she could run her old PC inside > Vista with Virtual PC. Her old PC has a dual -boot of Windows and > windows2000 on a single physical IDE hard drive. > > I imagine I would need to convert the windows98 and Win2000 into separate > VM's > > How can I do this and where to start? > > I have experience win the host software - I have a couple VM machines but > they were native builds, not P2V. I've only done P2V with VMware/ > > Thank you, > -Bob > |
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| | Re: Convert dual-boot to virtual PC? On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:34:01 -0700, "just bob" <kilbyfan@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Arg! what should be stated in the group FAQ and following any post like mine >is: "Hey fella: if your mom bought a Vista machine with either of the >"home" editions, your out of luck, pal! Quote: > >Good luck trying to buy computer with ultimate or business edition at a Best >Buy or Frys. > >Thanks, Microsoft. You really SUCK! You are pissing off grandmothers the >world over.... > worked just fine and was used by many people. Second, the VPC 2007 SP1 hotfix added support for Vista home. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958162 Improvement 1 The Virtual PC 2007 support matrix is extended to include the following SKUs: Windows XP Home with Service Pack 2 (SP2) Windows XP Home with Service Pack 3 (SP3) Windows Vista Home with Service Pack1 (SP1) -- Cheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ |
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| | Re: Convert dual-boot to virtual PC? Steve, thanks for the correction. More reading on my part of recent material would have told me exactly thus. I am red faced. "Steve Jain [MVP]" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote in message news:4ek175910ni0tkktdud13ain959il0fk5c@xxxxxx Quote: > On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:34:01 -0700, "just bob" <kilbyfan@xxxxxx> > wrote: > Quote: >>Arg! what should be stated in the group FAQ and following any post like >>mine >>is: "Hey fella: if your mom bought a Vista machine with either of the >>"home" editions, your out of luck, pal! > if that was true on any level. > Quote: >> >>Good luck trying to buy computer with ultimate or business edition at a >>Best >>Buy or Frys. >> >>Thanks, Microsoft. You really SUCK! You are pissing off grandmothers the >>world over.... >> > First, even though VPC 2007 wasn't "officially supported" by MS it > worked just fine and was used by many people. > Second, the VPC 2007 SP1 hotfix added support for Vista home. > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958162 > > Improvement 1 > The Virtual PC 2007 support matrix is extended to include the > following SKUs: > Windows XP Home with Service Pack 2 (SP2) > Windows XP Home with Service Pack 3 (SP3) > Windows Vista Home with Service Pack1 (SP1) > > -- > Cheers, > Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP > http://vpc.essjae.com/ |
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| | Re: Convert dual-boot to virtual PC? On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:20:29 -0700, "just bob" <kilbyfan@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Steve, thanks for the correction. More reading on my part of recent material >would have told me exactly thus. I am red faced. work much harder than you should for information. ;-) -- Cheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ |
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