On 12 March 2014 19:42, SuperEngineer <boo...@gmail.com> wrote: > As an aside [& to continue with the original mail....] > I have just finished a build of my own desktop pc [started with a > Zoostorm cheapo and replaced/added/donated some parts from old pc - an > ageing Dell Dimension]. > The original XP partition is now on the my sda as sda1. > No surprise, but XP won't boot -failing at a "Windows failed to start" > blue screen with "this may be because you have installed...]. I am not > surprised as most of the machine is different [but I am surprised that > it didn't at least boot to the "Oi you! this is not the same machine! > message followed by option to re-validate]. > > The question I have is: would it be possible to run that XP partition on > a VM? I normally use VirtuaBox - but have no idea if it can load an XP > [ntfs] partition rather than loading a cd or live cd tro a VirtualBox > VM? ...and would it be a waste of time trying simply to end up with the > same result as booting it direct from GRUB. > > It would be nice to have a Win load - but don't won't to splash out on a > new Windows system I don't fully want - I want a Linux [Ubuntu] pooter > than can, if needed, use the existing WinXP install [which I will be > internet disabling in April anyway]. > > Thanks in anticipation. > -- > Bill B. [SuperEngineer] > > Here's a method from Virtualbox themselves: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Migrate_Windows, but from experience it's not that easy even when virtualising on the same hardware.
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