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<blockquote data-quote="SammySlim" data-source="post: 899819" data-attributes="member: 48298"><p>Yes. You would first create a Boot Camp installation of Windows, then install Parallels or Fusion. Those programs will detect the Boot Camp partition and offer to create a virtual machine from it. However, be aware that with XP installations, using the same XP for both purposes has been known to create corrupted boot and other file problems somewhat randomly (i.e., it will install fine and run fine and then the problem will come up). It's only an XP issue, however - Vista and Win7 don't have this issue.</p><p></p><p>Therefore, proceed with caution if doing an XP install this way. Otherwise, no worries. Be aware, however, that the problem may not arise - I used a Boot Camp XP install for a VM for quite awhile and never had an issue, but it is a known potential problem.</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SammySlim, post: 899819, member: 48298"] Yes. You would first create a Boot Camp installation of Windows, then install Parallels or Fusion. Those programs will detect the Boot Camp partition and offer to create a virtual machine from it. However, be aware that with XP installations, using the same XP for both purposes has been known to create corrupted boot and other file problems somewhat randomly (i.e., it will install fine and run fine and then the problem will come up). It's only an XP issue, however - Vista and Win7 don't have this issue. Therefore, proceed with caution if doing an XP install this way. Otherwise, no worries. Be aware, however, that the problem may not arise - I used a Boot Camp XP install for a VM for quite awhile and never had an issue, but it is a known potential problem. Cheers [/QUOTE]
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