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O.P. Existing XP partition in virtual machine?
Is it possible to run an already existing partition of Windows XP inside a virtual machine?

I downloaded VirtualBox, but following the wizard I can't find an option to do so. There's a 'use existing hard disk' option, then you have to create a new virtual hard disk (.vdi file) or add an existing one (I tried selecting the partition but it just opens it).

Edit: Found tutorial to do it in Ubuntu, but I'm on Windows 7.

Edit2: Maybe this tutorial will do the job?

Has anyone here tried doing this before?

This post was edited on 02-28-2010 at 11:04 PM by Chris4.
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Existing XP partition in virtual machine? - by Chris4 on 02-28-2010 at 11:01 PM
RE: Existing XP partition in virtual machine? - by matty on 02-28-2010 at 11:09 PM
RE: Existing XP partition in virtual machine? - by Mike on 02-28-2010 at 11:21 PM
RE: Existing XP partition in virtual machine? - by lizard.boy on 03-02-2010 at 03:54 AM
RE: Existing XP partition in virtual machine? - by Menthix on 03-02-2010 at 10:43 AM
RE: Existing XP partition in virtual machine? - by Chris4 on 03-02-2010 at 12:55 PM
RE: Existing XP partition in virtual machine? - by Menthix on 03-02-2010 at 01:49 PM


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