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How do I emulate a "fake" external USB drive?

My goal is to create a disk partition that my Windows computer recognises as a removable device, but is actually a virtual hard disk.
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Emulating an Operating System inside web browser

Is it possible to natively emulate an x64 operating system inside a web browser?
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How come IMGMOUNT works in DOSBox, but displays "cannot create drive from file" in DOSBox variants like DOSBox-X?

There's a certain file image which can be instantly mounted in DOSBox as a floppy disk, but fails to do so in newer variants like DOSBox-X, any idea how to fix it (a bug was already submitted but both ...
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Noxplayer not recognizing VT-x Windows 10 with AMD CPU

I installed Noxplayer with Android 12, but I've got an error message "No VT service detected" I've followed all steps from FAQ (https://www.bignox.com/blog/nox-doesnt-recognize-vt-even-if-it-...
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Access win10 host desktop from linux guest vm?

I have the specific use case, that I want to run stuff mainly from inside the guest VM (pop os 22.04 currently, but I'm open to switching distro if the use case is easier elsewhere), without tabbing ...
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Is it possible to use the PlayStation's media player as a standalone program on PC?

I'd like to use the PlayStation media player (the one with SoundScope) on a modern operating system (GNU/Linux) instead of the default player. Is it possible? Note: this Q&A has been moved from ...
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Qemu zoom to fit shortcut or cli switch?

I'm using qemu regularly and I find myself in the need to toggle or switch "Zoom to fit" on and off. From the menu bar, under the option "View" we got all kinds of options, like &...
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Possible to emulate a USB Mass Storage Device and connect to another machine in Linux?

Is it possible to emulate a USB Mass Storage Device (HDD) with Linux? For example, I want to be able to connect my Linux server to another machine and emulate a USB Mass Storage Device. I'd like to be ...
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Can I emulate usb smart card reader

I have a smart card reader and a smart card to access my company's private network. Since the remote login only works on Windows/Citrix but I like to have a Linux computer, I successfully run Citrix ...
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Is there a way to simulate a paired Bluetooth device on Windows?

Is it possible, on Windows, to simulate a connected Bluetooth device? In other words, some computer program like an emulator would show up in the Windows Bluetooth settings as an actual paired device? ...
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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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Confusion over using Qemu in Docker

I'm currently learning to build ARM Docker images on x86 hosts machines. I found this guide, as well as a couple others which basically all say the same thing. They are all a few years old, so the ...
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Remap middle mouse button to key+mouse button

I've got a Bluetooth mouse that works, but the middle wheel button has stopped functioning reliably. Frustratingly, due to other issues, I've had to disable all my USB ports (believe me, I had to) and ...
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How can I print with DOSbox using printer's settings

I have a program that runs on Dos, so I use DOSbox, SVN-Daum version, to run this program. Every function seems working fine except for the printing function. The problems are DOSbox use their own ...
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How to emulate a version of OpenGL higher than the one your gpu supports? [duplicate]

Ok so there is a certain game i want to play. when it comes to the requirements, the game is pretty light, the only thing that is preventing me from running the game is my old gpu that doesn't support ...
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How to emulate fullscreen for a website?

I've got a website that works only in fullscreen. Its not due to compatibility issues, but the developer has made it in a way so that when we enter the website it automatically enters fullscreen, and ...
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How and why does DOSBox work the way it does? [closed]

As a complete novice when it comes to the topic of emulation or virtual machines, I was presented with the following two questions that I need to answer: Briefly explain how software (in this example ...
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AIX 7.2 install on QEMU on Windows unable to accept arrow keys

I am currently trying to create an AIX 7.2 image using QEMU on Windows following these steps: http://aix4admins.blogspot.com/2020/04/qemu-aix-on-x86-qemu-quick-emulator-is.html I am now almost at the ...
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What is causing my computer to lag?

I ripped some games from my Wii console in the hope of playing them on my PC using Dolphin Emulator. However, my PC could not even maintain 30 FPS the whole time. I have an RX 570 and an AMD Phenom II ...
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Getting PowerA Wired Gamecube Controller working in PC?

So I recently bought a PowerA Wired Gamecube Controller for my Nintendo Switch. It works flawlessly in that console, but recently I have become interested in PC Emulation and I have thought about ...
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How do I copy a file chosen from a file dialog, then rename the copied file, all in one batch script?

I'm trying to semi-automate the setup of my Nintendo e-Reader .sav files (however, the file doesn't have to have a .sav file extension) using a batch script. The non-automated way I'd use would be to ...
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Setting hypervisorlaunchtype Off causes emulation error

just a bit of background about what I'm trying to accomplish. So I have a personal computer at home running on AMD 3600x (16GB ram). I migrated a virtual machine into my pc so that I can do my mobile ...
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Is there any way to emulate accessing to my internal network - from a different network - while I'm in the same internal network?

Well, now suppose I had altered the configuration of my Cyberoam firewall so that -for example- I could access cyberoam login screen remotely WITHOUT actually going outside and try to access the login ...
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Emulate a cell phone on a computer to authenticate a new email account

Background Many of the big email service providers now require a mobile phone number in order to create an account (a land line isn't acceptable). My understanding is that mobile phone access is ...
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Emulation of a ARM Cortex M4 processor

Does QEMU support Cortex M4 emulation? Also the controller(hardware) I am trying to emulate is bare metal implementation ( FreeRTOS ), is it possible to implement such scenario in QEMU? or a OS image ...
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Can not start vMX in EVE-NG

I upload the vmx-14.1 directory(contains hda.qcow2 image) to EVE-NG's vm /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu path. but when I use it, I can not start ip up. EDIT-01 My EVE-NG memory size is 6 GB.
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Network Emulator Toolkit (NEWT) ICMP failing Windows 10

I am trying to use Microsoft's Network Emulator Toolkit to simulate poor network conditions, but it is failing to allow ICMP packets to pass through on Windows 10. I have tried disabling the firewall,...
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Emulating a low-end server

I'm trying to figure out the cheapest possible hardware required for my servers. The software is written in c++ and is highly efficient, the most computationally intensive thing it has to do is ...
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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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What is the best way to emulate a screen/monitor on Linux, Windows or OSX?

I am working on a project where I am creating a virtual second screen device which I want to send over the network to another rendering device (another computer, connected to a screen of some sorts.) ...
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Return from emulate bash unsets zsh opts

So I have some setup scripts at work, which only work with bash (because they use e.g. == or $BASH_SOURCE). It works to source these scripts using zsh's emulate command: emulate bash source ...
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QEMU emulation error

I've downloaded an ISO image I want to emulate (Win7 64 bit) through QEMU, but it returns this error. All the tutorials/walkthroughs i've seen were all done on linux, and I've tried to get it to run ...
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Emulating an hardware printer

I have an old machinery that does some analysis and print out the results on an Epson LX300, connected via a serial port 25 pin. Is possible to connect this machinery to a computer in order to ...
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Trying to update motherboard BIOS through bootable CD

Lately I have been trying to find a way to update the BIOS on my 10-year-old Asus P5BW-LA from 3.08 to 3.17. I found an HP update program called sp35153.exe, but whenever I try to run it in Windows XP ...
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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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On what stage netem introduce the delay

I have a client to access a web service on a server which resides in another machine. I want to control the request so that it's sent to the server normally without any interference however once the ...
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How can I use an android zip in oracle VirtualBox?

I want to use an android O image. The problem is the downloads (Here) are in a compressed zip format and VirtualBox requires and iso image. How can I emulate the zip?
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Software to emulate a SQL View as the results of a REST/SOAP API response?

I have a business need to take the results of an API, in realtime / when queried (as opposed to using a scheduled action to do this periodically) and make them accessible via a SQL view. An ...
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How to have graphics enabled in multiple VMs without dedicated pass-through (GPU emulation?)

Is there a way to emulate GPUs in a VM without doing an actual GPU-passthrough? Now now, before y'all close this question saying "GPU emulation is not possible, it won't increase performance", let me ...
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Use DOSBox's SB16 Emulation in real DOS?

So I've been thinking, is it potentially possible to use DOSBox's sound emulation software in real DOS on machines with AC97/IHDA chips so that you can use audio properly? I've been using the PC ...
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emulating an installed win10 on a raid0 volume from ubuntu

first of all setup: 2 ssd in raid0 set up from my motherboard (intel z97 + i5 4690k + amd r9 390); on this raid0 i have installed a copy of win10 64bit with his own bootloader 1 wd hdd with a copy of ...
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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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requesting app secure boot virtualbox

I am wondering if there are any secure programs I could use like virtual machine that can run on boot so I dont have to have a whole os running in the back ground but I am interested in trying ...
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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 the CPU know when an interrupt occurs?

I am writing an emulator and can't seem to find info on this. What I know is that devices trigger a pulse on the IRQ wire. But the explanations online don't include how the CPU deals with that. Does ...
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ASCII code for Win+R

Is it possible to "emulate" the keystroke Win+R (or more generally speaking: any combination with Win key) with an ASCII code? It is possible to send Ctrl+Something as an ASCII code, so I wonder ...
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creating shareable virtual usb devices, possible?

not sure if possible but want to get a virtualized copy of a usb device, it's not a hard drive or usb drive, it's a "card scanner" that is used on a game and is quite handy but i always need to have ...
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Is dynamic shader translation possible?

I know there's dynamic binary translation/JITs, but what about dynamic shader translators? I'm writing an emulator for a system that uses a very particular, custom graphics processor, but I'd like to ...
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Is it possible to emulate a flash drive via a USB "A to A" Cable?

I have a modified Nintendo Wii that can run backup game files (via external media, IE; flash drive, sd card, external HD) and an always on PC that sits right beside it with tons of storage. I'd like ...
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Touchscreen right click emulation doesn't work

I have a touchscreen device for which I have enabled third button emulation in xinput: Device 'ft5x_ts': ... Evdev Third Button Emulation (257): 1 Evdev Third Button Emulation Timeout (258): 750 ...
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