![]() I created a new VBox machine for XP using all of the default settings + bumping the memory to 2GB, selected my new VDI file as the hard drive, and hit START.Īfter the VBox splash screen I get the "Windows did not start successfully" screen with "Start Windows normally" selected and the timer happily counting down. The conversion was successful, giving me an 11.7GB VDI file. I pulled the drive from the PC, connected it to my Win10 host, and imaged the old PC's drive to a VDI file using this command:Ĭode: Select all Expand view Collapse view VBoxManage convertfromraw \\.\PhysicalDrive2 FrontDeskXP.vdi -format VDI Before this thing goes up in smoke I want to see if I can get it running in a virtual environment. ![]() Task is custom written in DOS and cannot be upgraded or replaced because reasons. (Stop me if you've heard this one before.) Have an ancient PC running XP SP3 performing a mission-critical task with no backup.
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