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    XP: Physical to Virtual Machine & Shared Boot Drive w Host?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by crashnburn, May 30, 2012.

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    crashnburn Notebook Consultant

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    XP: Physical to Virtual Machine & Shared Boot Drive w Host?

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    My Thinkpad X61T with recent 8GB DDR2 Upgrade:

    I have an XP Pro 3 instance on a HDD able to use 2.99 GB RAM. I can backup bunch of data files to make size smaller.

    I have a Win 7 x64 instance on another HDD that can use most of the 8GB RAM.

    Now, I'd like to do two things:

    1. Virtualize the XP instance and create a Virtual Disk/ Virtual Machine, with all of the Programs & Settings intact.

    2. Run this XP on top of Win 7 x64 Host and "Slowly" Migrate Files/ Settings/ MetaData etc. from GUEST XP to HOST machine.

    I'd prefer to be able to SHARE "the C: or Boot Drive" between the GUEST & HOST machines (as it is mounted/ running) and be able to COPY some Specific Files/Folders using ROBOCOPY/ RICHCOPY to maintain attributes that could/ easily get lost with any other copy method.

    Thoughts/ suggestions, experiences, comparative reviews on using Software/ Tools out of the above listed page and how could go about ding both things.

    Please do let me know. Thanks.
     
    crashnburn, May 30, 2012
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