Disk2vhd and VirtualBox woes

technobabble

You could use VMware converter to make VMDKs of it, then bring it into VirtualBox that way.

VMware vCenter Converter?

alexntg

Converter standalone

technobabble

Arrrg...The big G is showing all downloads from vCenter and the same goes for the download page on Vmware's download site.

alexntg

@technobabble said:

Arrrg...The big G is showing all downloads from vCenter and the same goes for the download page on Vmware's download site.

Could you rephrase that? I'm not sure what you meant there.

technobabble

I Googled VMware Converter and can only find this: https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/infrastructure_operations_management/vmware_vcenter_converter_standalone/5_0

alexntg

@technobabble said:

I Googled VMware Converter and can only find this: https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/infrastructure_operations_management/vmware_vcenter_converter_standalone/5_0

That's the one!

technobabble

Thanks!

technobabble

WMware vCenter Converter won't work with .vhd. "The file you selected is not a supported source."

alexntg

@technobabble said:

WMware vCenter Converter won't work with .vhd. "The file you selected is not a supported source."

You need to P2V the machine while it's running.

technobabble

yeah...the Physical PC is dead.

scottalanmiller

@technobabble said:

yeah...the Physical PC is dead.

Little late for that process then

alexntg

Well, that's unfortunate! Try spinning it up in Hyper-V.

technobabble

Yes, however I thought by having the vhd I would be able to visualize it.

technobabble

core2quad Q6600 doesn't allow Hyper-V in Windows 8 (missing slat)

alexntg

Surely you must have a server somewhere you could use?

technobabble

I guess I can spin up a W7 PC and see if I can run the vhd in Virtual PC

technobabble

If I did get a server up and running, would I be able to convert the vm from one type to another and get it off the server?

alexntg

If it boots in Hyper-V, you could then P2V it to your heart's content.

scottalanmiller

@technobabble said:

If I did get a server up and running, would I be able to convert the vm from one type to another and get it off the server?

Yup. Once it is running it is easy.

technobabble

Putting pieces that I have read together and have come up with this:

Mount vhd and mark partition active (which it currently is not active), clicking yes for the pop up "Ensure that the partition you are about to make active includes valid system files. Otherwise the disk will not start. do you want to continue. I presume this will not effect the running of my W8.1.1 system.

Unmount vhd and attempt to start in VirtualBox.

Does this sound plausible?