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What should I use to create a virtual hd if not vboxmanage?  I don't see any tools in VMware to do this. I tried using Virtualize Physical Machine but that needs access to the ADMIN$ share on the ru... See more...
What should I use to create a virtual hd if not vboxmanage?  I don't see any tools in VMware to do this. I tried using Virtualize Physical Machine but that needs access to the ADMIN$ share on the running old XP machine.  For some reason it can't access that share.  I'm thinking its because its an old machine and it uses smb1 instead of smb2, at least that is what Windows 10 tells me when I try to access the old XP shares over my network.
I used the VirtualBox utility VBoxManage. Here's the command line syntax I used: VBoxManage convertfromraw \\.\PhysicalDrive1 "Z:\Virtuals\VirtualMachineXP.vmdk" --format vmdk
I've created a vmdx virtual drive from my old physical laptop hard drive.  I created a new WinXP Pro virtual machine pointed at the is vmdx but it does not boot into WinXP.  I get a blue screen.  I s... See more...
I've created a vmdx virtual drive from my old physical laptop hard drive.  I created a new WinXP Pro virtual machine pointed at the is vmdx but it does not boot into WinXP.  I get a blue screen.  I setup the vm with the same processor and ram settings as the physical machine, I removed all the extra usb attached hardware on the vm settings.  Attached is the latest vmware.log.  Please Help:) 
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