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I know ziltch about Virtual Machines and I really do not have that much time to devote to figuring it out.
I have a desktop that is destined for the trash heap, it is literally about to die due to constant hardware failures.
This computer has critical software on it that does not run on any other system regardless of OS.
I would imagine it has specific registry or specific files (or both) that I cannot seem to replicate on a different system. The company who made the software is no longer in business so I cannot ask them for help in moving it to another computer.
Can I make this system a virtual system and run it as a virtual machine on another computer?
if so.. How?
I have a desktop that is destined for the trash heap, it is literally about to die due to constant hardware failures.
This computer has critical software on it that does not run on any other system regardless of OS.
I would imagine it has specific registry or specific files (or both) that I cannot seem to replicate on a different system. The company who made the software is no longer in business so I cannot ask them for help in moving it to another computer.
Can I make this system a virtual system and run it as a virtual machine on another computer?
if so.. How?
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EGormly
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so there is no method of directly creating a virtual machine?
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Perfect.. thank you!
Try that cloning software first anyway.
And in many cases the hdd image created by Norton Ghost can be converted to vmware hdd.