Re: move Win10 setup to a VM...

From	"Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.setup
Subject	Re: move Win10 setup to a VM...
Date	2021-10-06 13:17 +0200
Message-ID	<i7d03ixoan.ln2@minas-tirith.valinor> (permalink)
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On 06/10/2021 11.44, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 06/10/2021 09:23, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>> On 04/10/2021 18.50, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>
>>> Title says it all, has anyone taken a working bare installation windows
>>> 10 machine, and installed linux on it and moved win10 to a virtual
>>> box VM?
>>
>> I think I tried long ago with another version of Windows. Can work.
>> Sometimes not.
>>
>> AFAIK, when you install windows it customizes for that machine, so
>> cloning and migrating to a VM may break it.
>>
>> I have a foggy memory of doing that migration and then having a boot
>> hell of not having the correct drivers for the "new" hardware and
>> installing them with many reboots to recovery mode and back.
>>
>> Notice that instead of using a virtual disk you can tell the virtual
>> machine to use the actual disk partitions instead.
>>
>>
> I did a bit of digging, and frankly there are changes to the 'hardware'
> that make that not work.
> 
> I think even given a valid widows serial number you cant reinstall on
> 'another' machine.?

I think that needed a phone call to M$.



-- 
Cheers,
       Carlos E.R.

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move Win10 setup to a VM... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-10-04 17:50 +0100
  Re: move Win10 setup to a VM... "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-10-06 10:23 +0200
    Re: move Win10 setup to a VM... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-10-06 10:44 +0100
      Re: move Win10 setup to a VM... "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-10-06 13:17 +0200
        Re: move Win10 setup to a VM... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-10-06 15:45 +0100
          Re: move Win10 setup to a VM... Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2021-10-06 10:50 -0700
            Re: move Win10 setup to a VM... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-10-07 02:35 +0100
              Re: move Win10 setup to a VM... Philip Nienhuis <pr.nienhuis@hccnet.nl> - 2021-10-07 20:35 +0200
                Re: move Win10 setup to a VM... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-10-08 09:26 +0100

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