Re: move Win10 setup to a VM...

From	The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.setup
Subject	Re: move Win10 setup to a VM...
Date	2021-10-06 15:45 +0100
Organization	A little, after lunch
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On 06/10/2021 12:17, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> 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$.
> 
> 
> 
FTFAGOS
(Fuck that for a game of soldiers)

I probably don't need windows 10 *that* much.
I am just moving machines around because one died, and a S/H i5  HP 
elite was available at a sane price with a massive SSD disk and win10 
but will of course be linux, and I'll move my old WINXP VM onto it.
Was wondering about a win10 VM, but really I don't need it.

Could make it dual boot I suppose, but why would I need win 10?

Might as well keep the license number and wipe it

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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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