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<blockquote data-quote="Antig" data-source="post: 966042" data-attributes="member: 91131"><p>Your reply much appreciated shmu26. I dont have a great experience with Virtuality as I only have been running Linux mint and other windows in a Virtual Box machine in the past 6-7 years mainly in a windows10 machine.</p><p>As I understand the matter it is impossible to make an exact copy of your physical Windows7 .with all your programs installed-and convert that to .vdi in order to install into VBox. Or can the CREATE command use a particular kind of cloning to use for VBox install?</p><p>I understand the only way is the traditional one of installing from disk the bare ,new OS.</p><p>Another question is: if you use the same code of the OS that was regularly installed to activate the VBox install,will Microsoft accept it or a new one is needed? In both instances I'm ok since i got a spare Windows7 i never installed.</p><p>I also wonder if it shouldnt be smarter to let windows7 where it is ,install VBox ,and run Windows11 in VBox instead, if Windows 11 lets itself be installed-activated in VBox. This just to have a look and, if found reliable,to later install it when it becomes better.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Antig, post: 966042, member: 91131"] Your reply much appreciated shmu26. I dont have a great experience with Virtuality as I only have been running Linux mint and other windows in a Virtual Box machine in the past 6-7 years mainly in a windows10 machine. As I understand the matter it is impossible to make an exact copy of your physical Windows7 .with all your programs installed-and convert that to .vdi in order to install into VBox. Or can the CREATE command use a particular kind of cloning to use for VBox install? I understand the only way is the traditional one of installing from disk the bare ,new OS. Another question is: if you use the same code of the OS that was regularly installed to activate the VBox install,will Microsoft accept it or a new one is needed? In both instances I'm ok since i got a spare Windows7 i never installed. I also wonder if it shouldnt be smarter to let windows7 where it is ,install VBox ,and run Windows11 in VBox instead, if Windows 11 lets itself be installed-activated in VBox. This just to have a look and, if found reliable,to later install it when it becomes better. I [/QUOTE]
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