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Subject:    Re: [opensuse]  Re: virtual box or vmware with vista partition
From:       Catimimi <catimimi () libertysurf ! fr>
Date:       2007-11-12 12:52:54
Message-ID: 47384CA6.1010400 () libertysurf ! fr
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Eberhard Roloff a écrit :
> jdd wrote:
>   
>> Hello :-)
>>
>> I have a new laptop with vista and installed easily 10.3.
>>
>> May I use the vista partition from virtualbox (preferably) or vmware?
>>
>> I fear to kill it trying :-(
>>
>> thanks
>> jdd
>>
>>     
> I do not know about virtualbox.
>
> With vmware, you could have a chance.
>
> I tried recently with XP running inside Linux on VMware Server from the
> physical partition that it is originally installed on.
>
> This works great and the response times are way quicker than using XP
> from virtaul disks. Backside: Not having a corporate licenses I needed
> to reactivate XP for this, since the virtual hardware differs
> substantially from the physical hardware that XP sees, when you boot
> with it.
>
> I could not try with Vista and also I did not find anything about Vista
> in that regard.
>
> For a start, I used an article from Linux Mag (www.linux-mag.com) and
> googled my way.
>
> kind regards and please report back how it works and what you did to
> make it work.
>
> Eberhard
>
>   
Hello,
If it happens to work since hardwares are different, Vista will detect 
that it is installed on a new machine and
will no longer be activated on your laptop!!
Take care.
Michel.



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