On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, you can clone drive or partition and access it successfully that way > from VBox. That is pretty routine. > > I would not expect it to boot Windows from the image though. > > Most likely, you are heading for fresh windows install or Windows recovery > in > VBox. > > If you really want to preserve your Win installations, my advice would be > to > create proper recovery media from windows and verify that they work as > intended in VBox before you start reconfiguring your machine. If that does > not > work, prepare for fresh Win install in VBox. > > Just make sure that you do not ever start the recovered VBox instance > together > with another running installation of the same Windows instance - you could > end > up having them both disabled by their anti-piracy features. > > I would recommend destroying the original installation after you have > working > VBox instance and all the data + backup. VBox instances are easy to backup > - I > export them as appliance (which is self-contained image) from time to time > - you get one compact file which is easy to archive and restore. That is the > best > beauty of VMs - they are independent of slowly dying HW. > > Tomas > To clarify: This is a new machine to me. It has a fresh install of Win 7 on it. Nothing more; nothing of mine. I hope to get the Win 7 install disk(s) from Lenovo for use in creating a VB instance of it. And I have a VB installation of Win 2K on my desktop (ubuntu 14.04) which I plan to duplicate in the laptop when I understand the ins and outs (I am a novice). One crucial question relates to the 128G SSD and the 320G HD--what roles should each of the drives play in the new system? My understanding is that the drive in the optical drive bay does not have the same status as a second drive in a typical desktop installation. I am ready for education. -Denis > > On Thu, 2016-05-12 at 22:52 -0700, Nat Taylor wrote: > > To rip the win 7 image: > > > http://superuser.com/questions/614400/how-can-i-clone-a-hard-drive-directly- > > to-a-vdi-image > > On May 12, 2016 9:46 PM, "Denis Heidtmann" <denis.heidtm...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Denis Heidtmann < > > > denis.heidtm...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > On the same morning that the 76 was shipped back, I went to > EcoBinary at > > > > Keith's suggestion. Great idea. I now have a new-looking Lenovo > L420 > > > > ($180). > > > > > > > > I want some advice on setting it up. It has a 320G HD; 4G ram. I > have > > > > a > > > > 128G SSD. I want to switch from current Windows 7 Pro to Ubuntu, but > > > > put > > > > the W7 into VBox, along with my present Windows 2000. I will run a > > > couple > > > > of older programs in the W2K and a couple of newer programs in the > W7. > > > > Most work will be done in Ubuntu; the performance of the virtual > > > > machines > > > > is not very important. How might I best configure this? > > > > > > > > The max. ram this will take is 8G. The seller said he thought > currently > > > > the 4G is in one stick. Assuming that is correct, is it ok to add a > 2nd > > > 4G > > > > stick, or should they both be of the same vintage? > > > > > > > > I was able to find a Hardware Maintenance Manual, so with some study > I > > > may > > > > be able to answer the last of these questions myself. > > > > > > > > Thanks for the advice.. > > > > > > > > -Denis > > > > > > > > > > On-line research leads me to believe that the L420 can have a 2nd HD by > > > replacing the optical drive with a HD in a carrier. It is unclear to > me > > > how this drive will be seen by the system: can it be configured to > mount > > > automatically? Can VB use it for its big files? If yes, then it just > a > > > matter of learning how to set it up. If not, then perhaps I should opt > > > for > > > a single larger SSD drive. > > > > > > -Denis > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG mailing list > > > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
