[Cialug] VB of Windows 7

[chris rheinherren]

Unfortunately dont have an upgrade disk as the Win7 is OEM installed on a
new computer.

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 22:12, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:

> > 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.
>
> --
> Todd
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