Advice Request Running a VM with Windows 7?

[LoftedAphid86]

I want to know if and how I could do this cheaply.
I've got a Windows 7 host and I want to make a virtual machine with Windows 7 as the guest.
How would activation work?
Could I get around having to activate it again, since I can't really afford another £100 for an activation license?
I want to use it for malware testing, so I'd be using snapshots a lot.
Thanks for any advice you may offer in advance.

 

[Plexx]

@WinAndLinux: Paragon is what I use for a full system backup. have a look at the info posted on the link of my post in page 1.

 

[HeffeD]

@WinAndLinux: Paragon is what I use for a full system backup. have a look at the info posted on the link of my post in page 1.

One of the nice things about Paragon is that it can make clones of your physical machine in the popular VM formats.

I have a VM clone of my physical system to test how beta software will interact with the other software I have installed.

 

[Plexx]

HeffeD, do you know what fixes or differences are between 11 and 12 of Paragon backup and recovery free?
Couldn't really find it nor noticed any differences at first glance.

 

[HeffeD]

I haven't upgraded, so I don't know. Sorry.

 

[Plexx]

Guess Ill revert back to 11 since its been stable for me.
Will try to search around.

 

[pcjunklist]

forgot to ask how much hard drive space you have. You could always run a 2nd Win7 as a .vhd