I am looking for a way to create a bootable ISO image of an existing, working hard drive containing a master boot record.
Is there a known solution to this problem?
Background:
I have some critical scientific equipment that is running Windows XP. It is increasingly difficult to support compatible hardware. I would like to see if it can run in a virtual machine (e.g.: VirtualBox) on a more modern computer. To try this I need an iso of the existing drive.
Attempts so far
- Clonezilla lets me make images, and supposedly even make a 'recovery iso' but this does not appear to be a bootable iso of the actual drive.
- Acronis's software lets me make the bootable media and back up the drive from it, but only to some proprietary format. I don't know how I could get it working with VirtualBox.