virtualizing a Windoze install

[Alvin]

On Sunday 14 June 2009 11:15:55 Jonas Norlander wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 5:42 AM, David McGlone<david at dmcentral.net> wrote:
> > don't think you can. Every attempt I have made to run an already
> > installed windows never worked. I have always had to use VMware and
> > install a fresh copy of windows into VMware.
>
> I think it can be done with WMware at least i have run a Linux
> installation in WMware under Windows before. I dont know if it's
> possible with wmware free and running Windows as a guest.

It certainly can be done. I've done this.
Unfortunately, Windows detected 'new hardware' and wanted me to be activated 
again before I could log in and install the necessary drivers. One of the new 
hardware parts was my virtual keyboard...

So, I gave up trying. It's no use if you can't type. This should work with 
Vista, because you can 'try' Vista without activating for a time and get your 
drivers installed.