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You can run the VMware P2V conversion tool on those.<br />
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Regards,<br />
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Alex
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You can run the VMware P2V conversion tool on those.

Regards,

Alex

VMware and Virtualization Consultant

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

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VMware Converter (free from the VMware site) does this. The current version does Windows 7 and I think Windows XP as well. <br />
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Install the Converter on the Physical Machine and convert. It has been a while, but I have successfully used Converter before.
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VMware Converter (free from the VMware site) does this. The current version does Windows 7 and I think Windows XP as well.

Install the Converter on the Physical Machine and convert. It has been a while, but I have successfully used Converter before.

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Thank you for your swift reply<br />
Please provide me with the download link since I did not find that on their website.
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Thank you for your swift reply
Please provide me with the download link since I did not find that on their website.

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Go to <a href="http://www.vmware.com" rel="ugc nofollow">www.vmware.com</a>&nbsp;and under Products, look for VMware Converter.
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Go to www.vmware.com [http://www.vmware.com] and under Products, look for VMware Converter.

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<a href="https://www.vmware.com/uk/products/converter.html" rel="ugc nofollow">https://www.vmware.com/uk/products/converter.html</a><br />
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Regards,<br />
<br />
Alex
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https://www.vmware.com/uk/products/converter.html [https://www.vmware.com/uk/products/converter.html]

Regards,

Alex

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I found the download link but he does not have Vcenter.<br />
Can I convert the laptop then run them on VMWARE virtual PC please?
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I found the download link but he does not have Vcenter.
Can I convert the laptop then run them on VMWARE virtual PC please?

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Do you mean VMware workstation, if so a full guide is here.<br />
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<a href="https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2005129" rel="ugc nofollow">https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2005129</a>
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Do you mean VMware workstation, if so a full guide is here.


https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2005129 [https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2005129]

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Go here <a href="https://www.vmware.com/products/converter.html" rel="ugc nofollow">https://www.vmware.com/products/converter.html</a>&nbsp;to find what you need
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Go here https://www.vmware.com/products/converter.html [https://www.vmware.com/products/converter.html] to find what you need

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Thank you for your fast replies.<br />
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Is it for free?<br />
My friend does not have Vcenter on his desktop. Is he still able to run these images on his desktop?
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Thank you for your fast replies.

Is it for free?
My friend does not have Vcenter on his desktop. Is he still able to run these images on his desktop?

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Convertor is free (always has been)
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If you want to virtualize this, you will have to pay for some sort of VMWare Licence, whether it be ESXi or VMware workstation.
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If you want to virtualize this, you will have to pay for some sort of VMWare Licence, whether it be ESXi or VMware workstation.

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For the virtualizing application, yes, you must pay. <br />
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For the Converter software, I think it is free but then you need the application to run it.
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For the virtualizing application, yes, you must pay.

For the Converter software, I think it is free but then you need the application to run it.

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I am looking for open source since he does is not interested to pay money. Please help me
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I am looking for open source since he does is not interested to pay money. Please help me

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Oracle is free but then look on the Oracle site for converting. <br />
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To do this properly and well means paying money &nbsp; Life is not free unfortunately
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Oracle is free but then look on the Oracle site for converting.

To do this properly and well means paying money   Life is not free unfortunately

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haha too true, you get what you pay for<br />
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<a href="https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Migrate_Windows" rel="ugc">https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Migrate_Windows</a><br />
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There you go, it's utter rubbish though
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haha too true, you get what you pay for

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Migrate_Windows [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Migrate_Windows]

There you go, it's utter rubbish though

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Yes. I use the paid products for reliability over the long term.
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Yes. I use the paid products for reliability over the long term.

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Or if you, you know, just want it to work properly, with a great GUI which is simple and deals with everything seamlessly for you.
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Or if you, you know, just want it to work properly, with a great GUI which is simple and deals with everything seamlessly for you.

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You could try Microsoft's Disk2vhd - <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/disk2vhd" rel="ugc">https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/disk2vhd</a><br />
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Works fine for XP/Win 7. I've heard it also works under Windows 10 but I've never tried it
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You could try Microsoft's Disk2vhd - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/disk2vhd [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/disk2vhd]

Works fine for XP/Win 7. I've heard it also works under Windows 10 but I've never tried it

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You can use vmware image with free Oracle virtualbox or convert it to pure VDI image with vboxmanage, included in virtualbox set.
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You can use vmware image with free Oracle virtualbox or convert it to pure VDI image with vboxmanage, included in virtualbox set.

als315

EE Topic Advisor, Independent Technology Professional

Brian B

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if the versions of Windows XP and Windows 7 are OEM, Activation will break once you have Converted them to a VM
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Good point
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> if the versions of Windows XP and Windows 7 are OEM, Activation will break once you have Converted them to a VM


Good point

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Dear all,<br />
<br />
One of my client has 4 laptops two of them are WINDOWS XP and others are WIN 7. <br />
<br />
He is asking me if there is a possible way to take an image from these laptops and put them on a virtual client like VMWARE, Oracle.... etc. <br />
<br />
Please share with me a software that can do that please.<br />
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<br />
<br />
Note: He does not have windows server.
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Dear all,

One of my client has 4 laptops two of them are WINDOWS XP and others are WIN 7. 

He is asking me if there is a possible way to take an image from these laptops and put them on a virtual client like VMWARE, Oracle.... etc. 

Please share with me a software that can do that please.



Note: He does not have windows server.

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