I've got a physical machine which I'd like to convert to a virtual machine. I've done this P2V process a number of times onto Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V by using System Centre Virtual Machine Manager.
However, in this case I'd like to go a step further and move the virtual machine created by the P2V process onto a machine running Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows Virtual PC.
Is there a recommended way of doing this or should I just copy the VHD file over and hope it works?
Best Answer
I successfully made the conversion with thanks to Jake Oshins and Babul A. Mukherjee. Here's how I did it:
Because the source machine drive was 250GB (even though only 55GB was in use) Virtual PC was unable to open it so I had to perform these additional steps:
Then you should be able to use the drive with Windows Virtual PC under Windows 7.
Unfortunately the Integration Services don't fully/properly install as they're not supported on Windows Server 2003 R2, but it works well enough.