Question

Hi,

I found a program called disk2VHD and createa VHD of my XP laptop but when I try run it Windows 7 it does not start. Just some text scrolls up but can't read it quick enough.

Any ideas if there is another program to create VHD for win7?

Malcolm

Answer 1

The vitual pc for windows 7 is limited at best. You can still use that image with something called VMWARE. Or if you like, In the settings of the vitual pc you can add a image file to the cdrom device. with this image(winxp.iso/or other) you can install any version you like. VMWARE has more options that will work with more formats.

Answer 2

I'd suggest VMware Converter. It can convert physical machines to virtual machines and supports hot cloning (make the vm while you're on the physical machine itself, just like disk2vhd). Any virtual machine it creates will work with their products. I recommend VMware Server as it is free and allows you to create and run virtual machines.

Answer 3

You can use the VHD that you generated with Disk2vhd without any problem.

What's missing is the Virtual Machine!

Start the New Virtual Machine Wizard of Microsoft's Virtual PC, and give your VHD file when it asks for the hard disk, and your VM is done.