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| Thread ID: 127994 | 2012-11-26 22:52:00 | Install Windows XP to a virtual partition ? | Agent_24 (57) | Press F1 |
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| 1314981 | 2012-11-26 22:52:00 | I'm guessing this isn't possible, but thought I'd ask... You can install and run Linux on bare metal from a virtual partition (loopback?) inside an NTFS drive such as with Wubi, can the same thing be done with Windows? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1314982 | 2012-11-26 22:59:00 | Like this? (www.ehow.com) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1314983 | 2012-11-26 23:09:00 | No, I mean creating an image of a partition\disk like you do in a program such as Virtual PC, VirtualBox etc but instead of running the installed OS inside that program, under a host OS, rather booting from it directly, allowing the OS installed to the image to run directly on the hardware, save for the virtual hard drive. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1314984 | 2012-11-26 23:15:00 | Like a vhd file or similar then?? Which by the looks of it wont work in XP anyway. So it may have to be ISO or something else? Something like this? (www.askvg.com) |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1314985 | 2012-11-26 23:44:00 | Windows XP can't do this, but Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows 8 Pro can both boot from a VHD. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1314986 | 2012-11-26 23:53:00 | Windows XP can't do this, but Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows 8 Pro can both boot from a VHD. Good enough... but how does one do this? Never mind: blogs.msdn.com |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1314987 | 2012-11-26 23:54:00 | Poweriso may do it, since it supports VHD files, and WIM files. But its not free | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1314988 | 2012-11-27 00:28:00 | Yea I've done this on my laptop running Win8. I have Windows Server 2012 booting from a VHD. |
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