You can try to boot the VM, but it might fail. (Optional) Compact the new disk image vboxmanage modifyhd windows.vdi -compactĬreate a new Windows 7 VM, using the image you just created for the hard drive ![]() windows.vdiĬleanup sudo rm mbr.img windows.vmdk windows-pt.vmdk Install a fresh MBR on the image, to get rid of GRUB sudo install-mbr mbr.imgĬreate a raw VMDK image that will mirror the existing partition layout (change the device and partition as necessary) sudo vboxmanage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename windows.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/sda -partitions 2 -mbr mbr.imgĬreate a VDI image that will copy the data from the partitions selected in the previous step sudo vboxmanage clonehd windows.vmdk windows.vdi -format VDIĬhange the ownership of the new image file sudo chown $USER. On Ubuntu: sudo apt-get -y install mbrĬreate an image of the MBR (change the device as necessary) sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=mbr.img bs=512 count=1 This is an older image than the one currently available from Microsoft. If mounted, unmount the windows partition just to make sure it doesn't change while imaging it sudo umount /windows vmdk) containing a Windows 10 installation with Microsoft Edge 42.17134.1.0 (EdgeHTML 17.17134). I prefer to do this from Linux using GParted (to avoid "umovable" files that are in use), then reboot to Windows, let it do a chkdsk, and reboot back into Linux. If desired, shrink the windows partition so the image size will be smaller. (Recommended) If you don't have a Windows disc or ISO, download an ISO. Start building Windows applications quickly by using a virtual machine with the latest versions of Windows, the developer tools, SDKs, and samples ready to go. ![]() You’ll now need to format your new partition, which will be available in the virtual machine as the C: drive. ![]() Press the right Ctrl key to free your mouse first, if necessary. ![]() I didn't want to create an image of the entire hard drive, and it didn't seem like a good idea to me to use the physical disk with the VM. To do this, click Input > Keyboard > Insert Ctrl-Alt-Del in VirtualBox. I was just trying to do nearly the exact same thing, albeit from Ubuntu.
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