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If XP came with the computer and you don't have SA (if you ask what SA is, you don't have it), then you cannot virtualize your existing XP install into a VM. &nbsp;If you can, then there is a Microsoft solution that will actually do this for you (some work required) but it is supported... unfortunately, while I saw it presented twice last month, I cannot remember what the process/tool is called!
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If XP came with the computer and you don't have SA (if you ask what SA is, you don't have it), then you cannot virtualize your existing XP install into a VM.  If you can, then there is a Microsoft solution that will actually do this for you (some work required) but it is supported... unfortunately, while I saw it presented twice last month, I cannot remember what the process/tool is called!

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MS didn't require me to have SA.
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What's a good way, (and why) to move a physical XP 32 Pro machine to a VM I can run occationally on my W7 64bit Pro? &nbsp;Free is better than a paid tool. &nbsp;Can I use the XP Mode that 7 Pro comes with? (not that I need to). Perhaps in conjunction with this tool? <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415</a><br />

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What's a good way, (and why) to move a physical XP 32 Pro machine to a VM I can run occationally on my W7 64bit Pro?  Free is better than a paid tool.  Can I use the XP Mode that 7 Pro comes with? (not that I need to). Perhaps in conjunction with this tool? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415


howto virutalize existing XP machine in 7 Pro

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