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Create disk image of C drive and run on VMware virtual machine
I run Windows XP SP3 Pro on my desktop PC and I want to create an image of its C Drive. I'd like to run this image in a virtual machine on VMware.
How can I do this?
Install XP in VMware first – ...
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Virtual Machine faster than host computer?
It seems impossible, I am shocked.
I installed Windows 7 on my PC, it took about 30-40 minutes to install, and normal boot (when there's no program installed) takes me about 30 seconds. I run a VM on ...
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How to clone VirtualBox VM?
I'm running Windows 7 64-bit and need to clone a VirtualBox VM of Windows XP Pro. How do you do this on Windows 7?
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Install a virtual Windows 7 on Windows XP machine - is it possible?
Is it possible to achieve? I have a Pentium Dual-Core CPU E5200 2.50GHz, 2.00 Gb RAM computer with Windows XP installed. Most of the information on virtual machines I found deals with Windows XP being ...
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How can I map a directory in Windows 7 to an XP Mode VM directory?
I need to have a separate area within Windows 7 to have a "backup," as it were, of a directory created on a VM (XP Mode). What are the steps to accomplish this?
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How is TRIM Support Handled on an SSD Accessed by Two Different Operating Systems?
I have a Lenovo T410 ThinkPad running Windows 7 Professional as the host OS, and Windows XP Professional running as a guest OS under Windows 7 Virtual PC.
I am thinking of installing a 128GB SSD to ...
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Installing programs in a sandbox or virtual environment
I have a new PC with zero viruses. I want to keep it that way.
Is the best way to do that using anti-virus software (like security essentials)? Should I be using a sandbox or a virtual PC? a ...
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Network between host and guest operating system (VMware virtual machines)
On my computer (OS: Windows 7) I have installed VMware and created one virtual machine(OS: Windows XP), can I create a network between my host OS (windows 7) and guest OS (windows XP) ?
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Can not access apache web page on Virtual Machine over WiFi
I have Windows 7 Desktop (Host) with Windows XP On Vmware(Guest). A Windows 7 Laptop, all three are hooked to the same router. The Network Adapter on VM XP is set to Bridged Mode & DHCP ...
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Is there any solution for HDMI sound with virtualbox?
I used to use virtualbox on windows 7 with no problem,but recently i added HDMI graphic card but when i boot to windows xp sp3 from virtualbox there is no sound.....so does virtualbox support HDMI or ...
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Which is Windows 7 most similar to?
Is Windows 7 more similar to Windows XP or Windows Vista? I'm trying to create a Virtual Machine for Windows 7 in VMWare Server and it doesn't show Windows 7 as an option. It only has Windows XP and ...
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Run a 64-bit virtual machine on windows 32 bit [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I Install Windows 7 64 bit on VirtualBox running on Windows 7 32 bit OS ?
Hello,
I have a PC with a 64 bit processor, but I have Windows 32 bit as operative system. I ...
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Create .VHD from Cloned instance of XP
I have some old XP machines running legacy software, which I would like to port over to a windows 7 machine.
I have been toying around getting the legacy software to run in Windows Virtual PC in XP ...
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restrict shared folders on virtualbox?
I'm a bit rusty on virtualbox.
I have a VM with this setup
You see an icon to access the Host machine, and the C drive available.
I would like to temporarily amend that to just a particular folder ...
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Running Windows 7 VM on XP machine?
I'm fairly certain that this is not possible, but just wanted to ask the really smart people to be sure.
My company wants to run a Windows 7 VM (using any virtual machine software) on an desktop ...
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