http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.pnghttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/TechOff/261157-Virtual-Machine-Question/Virtual Machine Questionhttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/TechOff/261157-Virtual-Machine-Question/en-usSat, 23 Feb 2008 20:11:04 GMTSat, 23 Feb 2008 20:11:04 GMTEvNet (EvNet, Version=1.0.3243.35083, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)I'm pretty sure you could use the VMware Converter tool to image the XP machine and then use the image in Vmware player, all for free.http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/TechOff/261157-Virtual-Machine-Question/?CommentID=390695Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:11:04 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/TechOff/261157-Virtual-Machine-Question/?CommentID=3906950http://channel9.msdn.com/390695/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0I'm pretty sure you could use the VMware Converter tool to image the XP machine and then use the image in Vmware player, all for free.PerfectPhase0http://channel9.msdn.com/390695/Trackback.aspxAll you need to do is perform a Physical to Virtual conversion of the partition that is housing XP. There are different ways of capturing the image.&nbsp;Acronis True Image claims make this simple. I also read that VMWare can use or convert&nbsp;a Ghost image to a virtual image.http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/TechOff/261157-Virtual-Machine-Question/?CommentID=390601Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:46:46 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/TechOff/261157-Virtual-Machine-Question/?CommentID=3906010http://channel9.msdn.com/390601/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0All you need to do is perform a Physical to Virtual conversion of the partition that is housing XP. There are different ways of capturing the image.&nbsp;Acronis True Image claims make this simple. I also read that VMWare can use or convert&nbsp;a Ghost image to a virtual image.gadget0http://channel9.msdn.com/390601/Trackback.aspxUnfortunately Microsoft Virtual PC does not support actual hard drives being used in virtual machines. Most virtualization software prefers to use virtual hard disks as well.<br /><br />However, I do know that at least VMWare Workstation does support using an existing hard drive (and partitioning) to be used inside a virtual machine. Last I checked you do lose some properies of the drive, especially if it is sata and not IDE. This shouldn't be as big an issue with Win XP as it can be with linux setups. The bad news, Workstation isn't free. I don't know if their VMWare Player, which is free (? I think), does have this same capability or not.<br />http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/TechOff/261157-Virtual-Machine-Question/?CommentID=390560Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:16:20 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/forums/TechOff/261157-Virtual-Machine-Question/?CommentID=3905600http://channel9.msdn.com/390560/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Unfortunately Microsoft Virtual PC does not support actual hard drives being used in virtual machines. Most virtualization software prefers to use virtual hard disks as well.However, I do know that at least VMWare Workstation does support using an existing hard drive (and partitioning) to be used&#8230;Isshou0http://channel9.msdn.com/390560/Trackback.aspx