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Is it possible to resize a QEMU disk image?

If possible, what happens to the partitions within it? Are they automatically resized as well (doubtful), or is there just a new block of unused space following them?
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Why won't Windows EXE files work on Linux?

What is different about the way Windows runs an executable and Linux runs an executable? Why did they have to be different? Besides, why don't Linux executables have a file extension? I'm not asking ...
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Running iOS app on Windows NT4 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Using Apps on non-IOS devices? Are there any emulators or such thing to run an iOS app on windows? Anything like that available NT4? (I don't make up the requirements, I ...
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Is it possible to take any OS iso and use it to install to a hard drive WHILE staying on windows?

Say i have some hard drives, and each of them needs to install its own OS to it, and i have a windows machine, and i can also hot swap these hard drives, is it possible to take for example a Ubuntu ...
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How does virtualizing differ from emulation, in terms of structure?

Someone told me that a virtualizing program like VirtualBox does not work like an emulator does in the sense that it doesn't emulate registers and uses the actual ones for the virtualized data that ...
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Any Way to run Mac OSX software under Windows?

I know that you cannot run MacOSX within a virtual machine, but I am curious if there is something similar to WINE that emulates MacOSX enough to allow running some MacOSX software under Windows. ...
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How to emulate ARM64 programs in Windows X64 with Qemu?

I've downloaded the Windows ARM64 ISO from https://uup.rg-adguard.net/ and open it with Qemu as in this article. But Qemu is so slow to emulate the whole Windows ARM64 OS (I know emulation << ...
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How can I print with DosBox? [closed]

I'm looking for a version of dosbox with print support I saw the answers to this question Using a printer in Dosbox but I didn't manage to make it work
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I would like to burn a file to a virtual dvd

a program I am using tracks down my diskdrives and offers to write a dvd image to them. I would like to be able to write this image on HD in stead of on disk, but I have no option to browse the file ...
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Is it possible to run a Windows executable in Mac OS X?

Is there some sort of emulator or software layer that will let me run Windows executables (exe) in Mac OS X 10.5? I am not looking for Boot Camp or Parallels or any OS virtualization. I want ...
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Running 16Bit Application on Windows 10x64 without VT-x [duplicate]

I have a legacy application (exe header = "MZ") which I usually run through VMWare workstation or the 32-Bit version of Windows. Now I got at a computer having a Core 2 Duo processor not ...
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cluster comput gaming possible? [duplicate]

I have my own private server setup, albeit old pentium 3 units they each hold 1/2 gb ram and about 900mhz over 10units, each has 80gb hdds....they are outdated stock from a large company but are ...
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How can I do a Cygwin full install with the new installer?

In How can I get the Full Cygwin Installation (about 1GB)?, Bibhas's answer gives detail and helpful screenshot for what the Cygwin installer's UI was for years. That installer behavior has changed; ...
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