Virtualiser for old hard disk?
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I've got a couple of old PCs that I want to decommission but I need to have access to some old builds on them. I've done this a few times before by setting up a virtual PC and installing the required tools then copying everything over but it takes a while. Is there a tool or technique for converting a physical hard disk to an image that can run as a virtual PC? I normally use Microsoft Virtual PC on Windows XP but I'm open to change if the feature was available.. Thanks in advance for any help.
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I've got a couple of old PCs that I want to decommission but I need to have access to some old builds on them. I've done this a few times before by setting up a virtual PC and installing the required tools then copying everything over but it takes a while. Is there a tool or technique for converting a physical hard disk to an image that can run as a virtual PC? I normally use Microsoft Virtual PC on Windows XP but I'm open to change if the feature was available.. Thanks in advance for any help.
I found a series of blog posts that deal with this, although I haven't tried it myself yet: Using Virtual PC for computer migration[^] Tips for migrating a physical computer to a virtual machine (part 1)[^] Tips for migrating a physical computer to a virtual machine (part 2)[^] Tips for migrating a physical computer to a virtual machine (part 3)[^] Tips for migrating a physical computer to a virtual machine (part 4)[^]