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<blockquote data-quote="jasonbuechler" data-source="post: 987866" data-attributes="member: 141625"><p><strong>This is not strictly true.</strong></p><p></p><p>In the sense that you can start with the virtual setup, and end with a physical setup... it is very possible. It's just not as elegant as opening up a quick program to translate to files on a partition. (though I really don't understand why such a program has not been written!!!)</p><p></p><p>In your virtual environment, you can "clone" your XP disk to either an image-file, or another disk/partition. Norton Ghost is probably the most well known cloning/imaging program.</p><p>[ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disk_cloning_software" target="_blank">list of cloning software</a> ]</p><p></p><p>A general solution would be as follows:</p><p>1. set up your environment to have access to your virtual disk</p><p>2. set up your environment to have access to your target physical disk/partition</p><p>3. boot your environment (probably in such a way that you are not booting from the disk you wish to clone, though I don't know that this is ALWAYS necessary. It's definitely the safest way.)</p><p>4a. use the clone software to image directly from virtual to physical -OR-</p><p>4b. use the clone software to image from virtual to a clone/image-file "outside" the environment (i.e. a real disk) then use the software either inside or outside the environment to clone your target disk/partition</p><p></p><p></p><p>VMware actually has a writeup of such a process...</p><p><a href="http://www.vmware.com/support/v2p/index.html" target="_blank">Virtual to Physical Documentation and Sample Configurations</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jasonbuechler, post: 987866, member: 141625"] [B]This is not strictly true.[/B] In the sense that you can start with the virtual setup, and end with a physical setup... it is very possible. It's just not as elegant as opening up a quick program to translate to files on a partition. (though I really don't understand why such a program has not been written!!!) In your virtual environment, you can "clone" your XP disk to either an image-file, or another disk/partition. Norton Ghost is probably the most well known cloning/imaging program. [ [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disk_cloning_software"]list of cloning software[/URL] ] A general solution would be as follows: 1. set up your environment to have access to your virtual disk 2. set up your environment to have access to your target physical disk/partition 3. boot your environment (probably in such a way that you are not booting from the disk you wish to clone, though I don't know that this is ALWAYS necessary. It's definitely the safest way.) 4a. use the clone software to image directly from virtual to physical -OR- 4b. use the clone software to image from virtual to a clone/image-file "outside" the environment (i.e. a real disk) then use the software either inside or outside the environment to clone your target disk/partition VMware actually has a writeup of such a process... [url=http://www.vmware.com/support/v2p/index.html]Virtual to Physical Documentation and Sample Configurations[/url] [/QUOTE]
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