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In the days of XP I could not slap an old hard drive from one computer into another and expect it to boot. With Windows 10 I have done so many of times to my su
by Grazester 5y ago
In the days of XP I could not slap an old hard drive from one computer into another and expect it to boot.
With Windows 10 I have done so many of times to my surprise.
We have also virtualised many physical servers at my job. We use Veeam to create the VHD
- giancarlostoro 5y agoI'm kind of screwed cause I don't have the original hardware, I wonder if there's some sort of QEMU hackery I could pull then.
- helpm33 5y agoboot windows safe mode, execute sysprep. This strips windows of hardware-specific drivers, so that qemu should have an easier time running it. The whole thing is crusty, and it may or may not work. It does change Windows, so make a copy and keep the original image unchanged.
- giancarlostoro 5y agoThank you! I might wind up trying this, it's an old computer my wife used to one imaged, I've been wanting to make it bootable for the nostalgia effect that it would produce. I just want the least amount of damage to the OS as possible. Getting the files is one thing, being able to boot it, is something far more interesting.