[Cialug] VB of Windows 7

[Todd Walton]

> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 17:47, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sep 21, 2011 5:31 PM, "Dave Hala Jr" <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
>> > You should be to do a dd onto an external drive then convert the dd to a
>> > virtualbox .vdi image
>>
>> There's a trick to this. You have to delete a registry key I think. I can
>> look it up when I get home. Unless someone else knows what I'm talking
>> about.

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/howtos/how_use_your_windows_7_upgrade_disk_fresh_pc?page=0,1

It's the instructions for using an upgrade-only disk to do a fresh
install.  It's what I had to use once on a Windows disk-to-vm
conversion.  After doing the conversion, Windows will probably throw a
fit about changed hardware.  I believe if you can alter the registry
like so, it'll fix it.

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Todd