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Thank you &nbsp;hanccocka. I found all the information and education about my question here.
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Thank you  hanccocka. I found all the information and education about my question here.

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Hello everyone,<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;I have a PC with many application install, including &nbsp;software for PLC communication. <br />
What are the option for virtualizing this PC?<br />
What are the advantages or desadvantages of virtualizing from an Image?<br />
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I do not have time to make a fresh Virtual Machine with XP and install all the applications.<br />
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Thank you
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Hello everyone,
       I have a PC with many application install, including  software for PLC communication. 
What are the option for virtualizing this PC?
What are the advantages or desadvantages of virtualizing from an Image?

I do not have time to make a fresh Virtual Machine with XP and install all the applications.

Thank you

How to virtualize an existing windows XP PC with VM Ware?

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.

VMware

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

Virtualization

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.