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Can a running Windows system become a VM

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by gcmartin3

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Has anyone seen a document or done a Windows to "VM with Windows" upgrade/installation?

I don't seem to be searching correctly where I can find a guideline for "moving a existing running Windows system" so that you are "running that existing system Under VM" on the same machine. (Another way of putting this is I want to run the existing OS as an OS under VM on the same physical hardware.)

Anyone's insights would be appreciated. If appropriate, I would like to collaborate or produce such a document as it would serve MOST of us to get into the VM world titled "Move your current system into VM".

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by csheppard

If your current Windows can somehow become a Virtual Machine?

If you did, the answer is no.

You will need a third party software. I use VMware Workstation, you can download the trial version here:

http://www.vmware.com/download/ws/

With VMware, all you do is pop in your OS Boot CD, point the VMware drive to the OS drive and install.

Also, you can take your current OS and bring that into Vmware.

Hope that helps.

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