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08-13-2008
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| | How to virtualize an existing machine Hello, I have a PC with a crashed motherboard. The SATA drive is still fine - I can plug in elsewhere and see the data. This was my primary workstation running XP PRo and has many applications on it I would rather not have to rebuild/reload from scratch. Is there a tool that would look at the C:\ partition on the drive and create a new Virtual Machine? I am running Virtual Server on w2k3 server stnd. Thanks, Brian |
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08-13-2008
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| | Re: How to virtualize an existing machine Yep. Virtual Server 2005 Migration Toolkit http://www.microsoft.com/technet/vir...oads/vsmt.mspx The concept is often called "P to V" (Physical to Virtual). -- Geoff N. Hiten Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant Microsoft SQL Server MVP "Brian the Ski Bum" <Brian the Ski Bum@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:C88DEE7F-C98A-4AA3-8989-F4C1E1E57641@xxxxxx Quote: > Hello, > > I have a PC with a crashed motherboard. The SATA drive is still fine - I > can > plug in elsewhere and see the data. This was my primary workstation > running > XP PRo and has many applications on it I would rather not have to > rebuild/reload from scratch. > > Is there a tool that would look at the C:\ partition on the drive and > create > a new Virtual Machine? > > I am running Virtual Server on w2k3 server stnd. > > Thanks, > > Brian |
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08-13-2008
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| | Re: How to virtualize an existing machine On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:19:46 -0400, "Geoff N. Hiten" <SQLCraftsman@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Yep. > >Virtual Server 2005 Migration Toolkit >http://www.microsoft.com/technet/vir...oads/vsmt.mspx > >The concept is often called "P to V" (Physical to Virtual). Something like Acronis TrueImage withUniversal Restore would probably work better...make an image of the drive and use that to boot. -- Cheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ I do not work for Microsoft. |
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