VM setup from dual boot

[Alan Pope]

On 13 May 2011 06:46, Sandy Harris <sandyinchina at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there an easy way to get from where I am -- dual boot with
> a full XP install on sdb1 -- to a usable VM system? All the
> instructions I find assume you build the VM first, then put
> an OS on it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical-to-Virtual

My co-worker has done this with his work PC, converting it to a VM
inside his Ubuntu laptop. Works very well. I think he used the vmware
tools to do it, but actually runs the resulting image in VirtualBox.

Al.