VM setup from dual boot

[Sandy Harris]

I do not actually want to convert or clone the XP install. What
I'd like to do is just use the existing working XP install and its
disk partition in a VM.

However, what I am seeing various docs I'm looking at and
what I'm hearing here seem to be saying that is impossible.
Windows stores a bunch of stuff about the hardware in the
registry, so the existing XP will not run on a VM. I must
either clone it to a VM or build a VM and do a fresh XP
install there.

OK, I can do that.