Possible to take a snapshot of a hard disc and use it in a Virtual Machine?

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Hi,

A bit of a silly question really - but I was wondering would it be possible to take a snapshot of a OS you are running on a computer, the convert it or so it can be run as a virtual machine in VMware or Vitual Box?

Thanks!

Please note that this appears to be a duplicate of entry 114360, so you may want to read those posts as well. — spowers, Mar 19 '10 at 11:58
Not a silly question at all. Probably one of the top questions from people starting out in virtualization. — Robert Cartaino, Mar 19 '10 at 14:08
... and, yes, this is a duplicate question from this (http://superuser.com/questions/114360). It is best to avoid spreading answers across duplicate questions. Please put your answers there and vote to close. — Robert Cartaino, Mar 19 '10 at 14:13

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 19 '10 at 11:56

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You can use VMware converter. http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/ This will give you the functionality you are looking for.

answered Mar 19 '10 at 11:56

spowers

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+1 Also, Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery will perform this task – Dave M Mar 19 '10 at 12:03
Awesome, thanks! I thought it was a outrageous idea! – Mar 19 '10 at 12:38

Possible to take a snapshot of a hard disc and use it in a Virtual Machine?

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