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rsz
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How to create vmware guest from physical win xp pro harddisk?

Hi,

I'm trying vmware workstation 7.1.3 on an Ubuntu 10.4 host.

I've an image of a harddisk from my old Windows XP professional PC. I wonder, if it's possible to create a virtual win xp pro guest from this image?

In the manual_ws71.pdf I found some information about `Creating a Virtual Machine from a System Image'. There is mentioned an Import - Export facility (Conversion wizard). However, this seem to come solely with the windows version of vmware. I run a Ubuntu host system.

Any help or pointer to more information is really appreciated.

Cheers,

Rudiger

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what type of image do you have exactly ?


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The image is a binary copy of the harddisk ntfs partition into a file, created by using dd. I can mount it at Ubuntu using the loop device:

  sudo mount -o loop /media/wd1tb/einstein/einstein.sda1.bin /mnt

Cheers,

Rudiger

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Hi Rudiger
have a look at my notes here
http://sanbarrow.com/vmdk-howtos.html#calcgeoexample

if you create a vmdk for the dd-image you already got the first half done


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Hm, so I create a new, empty win xp guest and use the dd image as the virtual harddisk via vmdk?

Cheers,

Rudiger

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yes
you would create  a VM with a buslogic controller
when that is done you would use Converter 3.0.3 against the vmx-file and that it will fix the driver problems

if you need specific help let me know


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