Re: Virtual Box & Windows -

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Tuesday, March 22, 2011, Bob Goodwin wrote:

> I've installed "virtualbox" on this F-14 computer and

> it appears to be working, however now I need a copy of Windows

> to run in it in order to solve my other problem. I have

> several copies of WindowsXP Pro including the one that came

> with this computer but refuses to run unless that drive is

> plugged into the first slot.

>

> That problem occurs because initially I had a computer

> failure and elected to replace the computer and install the

> hard drives from the failed unit into the "new" one. The old

> one had a Windows partition that was selectable from grub and

> would operate normally if needed. Once the drives were swapped

> into this computer and Windows selected it would protest that

> perhaps I had a virus and refuse to boot. :-)

>

> The details go on and on but my question is would I

> have to buy a copy of Windows to use virtualbox or is there a

> way to make it use the original copy on the disk containing

> WindowsXP that came with this computer? If I swap data cables

> around Windows still boots. It is installed by itself on an 80

> gig sata drive.

>

> Bob


I think I'd try virtualization of your physical machine - I've done that a lot to go to VMWare VMs, but there's a way to use VMWare free tools to get to a VirtualBox VM - here's one site that explains the process:

http://www.sysprobs.com/physical-virtual-virtualbox-virtualbox-p2v


--

Claude Jones

Brunswick, MD, USA

-- 
users mailing list
users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe or change subscription options:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
[Index of Archives]     [Older Fedora Users]     [Fedora Announce]     [Fedora Package Announce]     [EPEL Announce]     [EPEL Devel]     [Fedora Magazine]     [Fedora Summer Coding]     [Fedora Laptop]     [Fedora Cloud]     [Fedora Advisory Board]     [Fedora Education]     [Fedora Security]     [Fedora Scitech]     [Fedora Robotics]     [Fedora Infrastructure]     [Fedora Websites]     [Anaconda Devel]     [Fedora Devel Java]     [Fedora Desktop]     [Fedora Fonts]     [Fedora Marketing]     [Fedora Management Tools]     [Fedora Mentors]     [Fedora Package Review]     [Fedora R Devel]     [Fedora PHP Devel]     [Kickstart]     [Fedora Music]     [Fedora Packaging]     [Fedora SELinux]     [Fedora Legal]     [Fedora Kernel]     [Fedora OCaml]     [Coolkey]     [Virtualization Tools]     [ET Management Tools]     [Yum Users]     [Yosemite News]     [Gnome Users]     [KDE Users]     [Fedora Art]     [Fedora Docs]     [Fedora Sparc]     [Libvirt Users]     [Fedora ARM]

  Powered by Linux