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JPPaul - 08 Jul 2008 23:36 GMT

Hi!. I have a client that is using Virtual PC running on a Powerbook. She
has an old W2K Pro box that is running legacy applications. She doesn't have
the original installation media anymore for the legacy apps. The legacy apps
are needed to support her customers. Is there anyway to convert the W2K
machine to virtual? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Fred Horvat - 09 Jul 2008 01:06 GMT

Yes you can convert a real PC to a virtual machine but not with VPC though.
At work we use the free converter from VMWare that makes an image of a real
machine that will then run under the VMWare product. The VWWare Player or
VM product only works on a Windows, Linux, and Intel Mac.

She would have to use an Intel Mac. For more info
http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/

If she wanted to convert a VPC image to work on an Intel Mac then iEmulator
is able to do that. It can convert VPC images to iEmulator images and
iEmulator works on Intel Macs.
http://www.iemulator.com/
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/8/prweb421898.htm

On 7/8/08 6:36 PM, in article
D735AF4F-03CD-4422-AE99-8CCC9F5FC688@microsoft.com, "JPPaul"

> Hi!. I have a client that is using Virtual PC running on a Powerbook. She
> has an old W2K Pro box that is running legacy applications. She doesn't have
> the original installation media anymore for the legacy apps. The legacy apps
> are needed to support her customers. Is there anyway to convert the W2K
> machine to virtual? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

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JPPaul - 09 Jul 2008 18:44 GMT

Thanks for the info Fred. However, I was hoping for a Microsoft solution,
since she doesn't have an Intel Mac.

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> Yes you can convert a real PC to a virtual machine but not with VPC though.
> At work we use the free converter from VMWare that makes an image of a real
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> > are needed to support her customers. Is there anyway to convert the W2K
> > machine to virtual? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Steve Jain - 09 Jul 2008 20:49 GMT

>Thanks for the info Fred. However, I was hoping for a Microsoft solution,
>since she doesn't have an Intel Mac.

There is no way to do it with only MS tools on a Mac. You could try
using a disk imaging tool like Ghost or Acronis True Image, etc or
similar then making an image and then dumping the image into a new VM.
You'll probably hit some snags due to the fact that the VM's hardware
is completely different than the physical machine and you might have
to fall back on a repair installation to get the VM to boot.

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Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.

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