Remove VMware and run the same OS directly

[reddy3051]

Dear all,

I have Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition in VMware. OS is Windows XP. I want to run the 2003server and all the components without VMware as a direct boot OS now. Hope i made my doubt clear. Please suggest tools or options to do the same.

[Dave_Mishchenko]

Welcome to the VMware Communities forums. I have moved your post to the Virtual Machine and Guest OS forum.

I would suggest looking at the resources on this page - http://www.vmware.com/support/v2p/. If you search for V2P you may also find some additional resources or tools. In the past I've used Acronis' imaging software as the universal restore option could inject storage drivers into the restore image. I haven't used this product, but it is another option - http://www.paragon-software.com/home/vm-professional/features.html.




Dave

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[pauljawood]

Hi,

I'm going to guess that your are running VMware Workstation or Player to run the virtual Windows 2003 machine. If that is the case then the only way to replace your Windows XP desktop with Windows 2003 is to install Windows 2003 on your machine.

The Windows 2003 machine running as virtual is just that its a virtual machine that is sitting within files on your Windows XP desktop. One suggestion that I do have is that you make sure that the folder that has the Windows 2003 server virtual machine is backed up and saved off the Windows XP machine before the machine is rebuilt. This will then allow the Windows 2003 machine to be run again within VMware on the fresh Windows 2003 physical machine that is built.

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