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On 26/04/14 14:50, Kevin Lucas wrote: > I have just successfully done what i feel is the first of many, > Preserving instances of XP in Virtual box. > > Had a XP user with an IDE disk 80 GIG with his Xp on flagging, failing > very slow.. > > Spent a bit of time de cluttering Defrag, etc and then SysPrep so the > machine is sealed up ready for deployment. > > So, > Got a new PC ( Barebone from Novatech) Installed Mint 16 Cinnamon as > its the easiest Desktop to deal with ( I think) for a Win user. > Connected the Old Disk with IDE usb adapter. > used Disks ( program) in Linux to make a disk image, I know I could use > dd etc but this is so easy and reliable. > then the command > VBoxManage convertfromraw -format VDI XPIMAGE.img XPIMAGE.vdi > > converted the 80 gig image in about 25 mins > **********The VBox in the Mint repro's fail!!! ************** > *****************I had to download the newest Deb file from Oracle and > install that****************** > some issue with it not thinking the BIOS Virtuisation was turned on! > (had me worried for a bit!)********************** > > Then just Set up a New Machine in V Box (XP type) > Left the Disk to add later, > Fired up VB and in Settings Storage added a new Disk under the > Controller ( the XPIMAGE.vdi) > set it as Primary Master. > Started the Machine > and Windows starts up and after putting in the LIC code > comes up all OK! > just the Guest addons to install for the Graphics etc and it all works > fine. > Spent 20 mins with the amazed new owner of his revived machine, with a > little teaching on the Linux side, and he seemed to pick it up OK, > Linux and Virtual box. > Advised him not to rely on the XP as a long term solution but he now can > check out what Mint has to offer along side using his familar XP. > Win Win ! > > > Next is a Dead laptop Win 7 > cant sys prep this but I am going to have a go at image and convert to > VDI just for fun and see if it will resurrect! http://www.vmware.com/uk/products/converter This will make your life much easier. Regards -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq