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    Can I use Norton Ghost and VM tools to create the perfect setup?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Kingcodez, Dec 23, 2008.

  1. Kingcodez

    Kingcodez Notebook Consultant

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    I'm building a chinese XP for my friend. he currently has a partitioned HDD, 20GB or so to XP. Since I allocated a 8GB virtual drive for the VMＸＰ　ｉｎｓｔａｌｌ，　can I "ghost" this install onto a real 20GB partition? will ghost take a snapshot of this XP as being only 8GB or does it take a snapshot of only the space used?

    Will this work?
    I plan to swap his HDD in or connect it through a USB enclosure, and ghost the image on.
     
    Kingcodez, Dec 23, 2008
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    merlin_72032 Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't think it is going to work because VM emulates the drivers from the host machine. I think you need to install OS on the real machine not on the V
     
    merlin_72032, Dec 23, 2008
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