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I have a VMWare ESX Server 3i I'm experimenting with.<br />
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I know how to create a new Virtual machine by installing an OS off a CD or from an ISO. But is there away to import a complete Windows install off a harddisk into a new Vmware session (machine)?<br />
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This way I don't have to rebuild IIS and my databases from scratch. is this possible?
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I have a VMWare ESX Server 3i I'm experimenting with.

I know how to create a new Virtual machine by installing an OS off a CD or from an ISO. But is there away to import a complete Windows install off a harddisk into a new Vmware session (machine)?

This way I don't have to rebuild IIS and my databases from scratch. is this possible?

How do I &quot;Import&quot; a working XP hardrive into a Vmware server session?

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

How do I &quot;Import&quot; a working XP hardrive into a Vmware server session?

How do I "Import" a working XP hardrive into a Vmware server session?