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The Saturday 2007-12-15 at 00:16 +0100, jdd wrote:
one thing is not clear and I have yet to investigate:
I need to use a pre-existant XP install in a raw disk.
* virtualbox say "don't boot from raw disk, you can corrupt the data", so I
didn't try, but is that true?
The problem is that you give windows real access to the disk, and if
things in windows go wrong (a malign virus, for instance), it can corrupt
the whole thing.
However, if windows is using a virtualized disk, that is the most it can
corrupt: the host is in control.
* vmware say "you can", but the problem I have is that my disk is a multiboot
10.3 grub menu first, then vista+xp menu. I want to boot only XP if possible
in virtualbox, if not in vmware
is that possible and how?
I think you have to tell it to use the partition where XP is, not the
entire disk.
But, if you are thinking of sometimes booting the virtualized XP and
others the real XP, from the same partition, forget it: the hardware
that windows sees is different, and each time you change, it will
complain that new hardware was found and please install it and reboot.
Another feature of vmware is that you can take a snapshot of the system at
a certain point; if days or weeks later you wish to go back, you do so and
all modifications (files et all) are un-done. The trick works because it
saves changes leaving the original file intact, in that mode.
It is usefull to try installation of something.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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