VMWare Virtual Disk to Windows Virtual Machine
Can you use windows 7's virtual machine with a VMwares virtual disk? Is there a program that will convert the VMWare files into a single virtual disk that the windows virtual machine can use?
Svet Paperov
Yes, you can use StarWind V2V converter http://www.starwindsoftwar
a nice toolset to get is the vhd2vmdk and vmdk2vhd available here
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I tried Starwind but looks like I have to register...and tried the vhd2vmdk but couldn't find the download,
any ideas?
any ideas?
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ok found the vmdk2vhd but when I try to open the vmdk it says not a valid vmdk file?
the download is here http://vmtoolkit.com/files
Starwind's converter requires registration only but it is free. As soos you register you will get a link to download it.
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I already have the vhd2vmdk but it says the vmdk file is corrupt. The file uses multiple vmdk files so do I need to combine them into one first?
I would Boot up the Vmware guest system and then using sysinternals disk2vhd tool convert the guest disk into a VHD (i think MS hypervisor use this format).
From technet site.
Disk2vhd is a utility that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk - Microsoft's Virtual Machine disk format) versions of physical disks for use in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs). The difference between Disk2vhd and other physical-to-virtual tools is that you can run Disk2vhd on a system that’s online. Disk2vhd uses Windows' Volume Snapshot capability, introduced in Windows XP, to create consistent point-in-time snapshots of the volumes you want to include in a conversion. You can even have Disk2vhd create the VHDs on local volumes, even ones being converted (though performance is better when the VHD is on a disk different than ones being converted).
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415
From technet site.
Disk2vhd is a utility that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk - Microsoft's Virtual Machine disk format) versions of physical disks for use in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs). The difference between Disk2vhd and other physical-to-virtual tools is that you can run Disk2vhd on a system that’s online. Disk2vhd uses Windows' Volume Snapshot capability, introduced in Windows XP, to create consistent point-in-time snapshots of the volumes you want to include in a conversion. You can even have Disk2vhd create the VHDs on local volumes, even ones being converted (though performance is better when the VHD is on a disk different than ones being converted).
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415
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Pretty straight forward