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I want to create a virtual machine of a windows 7 pro system which runs on my notebook before.




  • It's connected by USB.

  • About 40GB and the whole drive has 500GB.

  • It's an OEM version: It doesn't run when booting by USB (only when it's intern installed) but I read about virtual machines being OEM will work?


How do I create the virtual machine?



Thank you!






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  • See askubuntu.com/a/718119/66509

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I want to create a virtual machine of a windows 7 pro system which runs on my notebook before.




  • It's connected by USB.

  • About 40GB and the whole drive has 500GB.

  • It's an OEM version: It doesn't run when booting by USB (only when it's intern installed) but I read about virtual machines being OEM will work?


How do I create the virtual machine?



Thank you!






usb virtualbox windows-7 oem







share|improve this question























  • See askubuntu.com/a/718119/66509

    – N0rbert
    Jan 8 at 9:07














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I want to create a virtual machine of a windows 7 pro system which runs on my notebook before.




  • It's connected by USB.

  • About 40GB and the whole drive has 500GB.

  • It's an OEM version: It doesn't run when booting by USB (only when it's intern installed) but I read about virtual machines being OEM will work?


How do I create the virtual machine?



Thank you!






usb virtualbox windows-7 oem







share|improve this question














I want to create a virtual machine of a windows 7 pro system which runs on my notebook before.




  • It's connected by USB.

  • About 40GB and the whole drive has 500GB.

  • It's an OEM version: It doesn't run when booting by USB (only when it's intern installed) but I read about virtual machines being OEM will work?


How do I create the virtual machine?



Thank you!






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  • See askubuntu.com/a/718119/66509

    – N0rbert
    Jan 8 at 9:07



















  • See askubuntu.com/a/718119/66509

    – N0rbert
    Jan 8 at 9:07

















See askubuntu.com/a/718119/66509

– N0rbert
Jan 8 at 9:07





See askubuntu.com/a/718119/66509

– N0rbert
Jan 8 at 9:07










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Virtual Windows 7 Machine on USB.




  • Install Ubuntu on USB. (Full not Persistent).

  • Install VirtualBox in Ubuntu. (Ubuntu Software Center).

  • Download the Windows 7 ISO (from Microsoft).

  • Start VBox and Create a Windows 7 virtual machine.

  • Don't forget to register Win 7 to keep things legal.


Cloning Existing Windows 7 OS to Virtual Machine




  • Microsoft provides Disk2VHD, ( https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/disk2vhd ) which will clone a Windows install to a VHD virtual machine.


  • The Windows VHD can be used by VirtualBox as a existing virtual hard disk file when creating a virtual machine.


  • Alternately VMware offers VCenter Converter that can create a virtual machine from Windows or Linux desktops: ( vmware.com/in/products/converter.html ).



I have a VBox Windows VDI on a USB2 flash drive system and AutoCAD is very slow, but it works. My VM takes up about 85GB but it has lots of Windows programs on it.






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  • I want to transfer the system already installed and filled with my software and files to a virtual machine. Does this work?

    – TravelTrader
    Jan 8 at 13:34











  • Microsoft has a tool to clone a Windows install to virtual disk: makeuseof.com/tag/… . VMware offers VCenter Converter that creates a VMware machine from Windows or Linux desktops: vmware.com/in/products/converter.html

    – C.S.Cameron
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Virtual Windows 7 Machine on USB.




  • Install Ubuntu on USB. (Full not Persistent).

  • Install VirtualBox in Ubuntu. (Ubuntu Software Center).

  • Download the Windows 7 ISO (from Microsoft).

  • Start VBox and Create a Windows 7 virtual machine.

  • Don't forget to register Win 7 to keep things legal.


Cloning Existing Windows 7 OS to Virtual Machine




  • Microsoft provides Disk2VHD, ( https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/disk2vhd ) which will clone a Windows install to a VHD virtual machine.


  • The Windows VHD can be used by VirtualBox as a existing virtual hard disk file when creating a virtual machine.


  • Alternately VMware offers VCenter Converter that can create a virtual machine from Windows or Linux desktops: ( vmware.com/in/products/converter.html ).



I have a VBox Windows VDI on a USB2 flash drive system and AutoCAD is very slow, but it works. My VM takes up about 85GB but it has lots of Windows programs on it.






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  • I want to transfer the system already installed and filled with my software and files to a virtual machine. Does this work?

    – TravelTrader
    Jan 8 at 13:34











  • Microsoft has a tool to clone a Windows install to virtual disk: makeuseof.com/tag/… . VMware offers VCenter Converter that creates a VMware machine from Windows or Linux desktops: vmware.com/in/products/converter.html

    – C.S.Cameron
    Jan 9 at 4:12
















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Virtual Windows 7 Machine on USB.




  • Install Ubuntu on USB. (Full not Persistent).

  • Install VirtualBox in Ubuntu. (Ubuntu Software Center).

  • Download the Windows 7 ISO (from Microsoft).

  • Start VBox and Create a Windows 7 virtual machine.

  • Don't forget to register Win 7 to keep things legal.


Cloning Existing Windows 7 OS to Virtual Machine




  • Microsoft provides Disk2VHD, ( https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/disk2vhd ) which will clone a Windows install to a VHD virtual machine.


  • The Windows VHD can be used by VirtualBox as a existing virtual hard disk file when creating a virtual machine.


  • Alternately VMware offers VCenter Converter that can create a virtual machine from Windows or Linux desktops: ( vmware.com/in/products/converter.html ).



I have a VBox Windows VDI on a USB2 flash drive system and AutoCAD is very slow, but it works. My VM takes up about 85GB but it has lots of Windows programs on it.






share|improve this answer


























  • I want to transfer the system already installed and filled with my software and files to a virtual machine. Does this work?

    – TravelTrader
    Jan 8 at 13:34











  • Microsoft has a tool to clone a Windows install to virtual disk: makeuseof.com/tag/… . VMware offers VCenter Converter that creates a VMware machine from Windows or Linux desktops: vmware.com/in/products/converter.html

    – C.S.Cameron
    Jan 9 at 4:12














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Virtual Windows 7 Machine on USB.




  • Install Ubuntu on USB. (Full not Persistent).

  • Install VirtualBox in Ubuntu. (Ubuntu Software Center).

  • Download the Windows 7 ISO (from Microsoft).

  • Start VBox and Create a Windows 7 virtual machine.

  • Don't forget to register Win 7 to keep things legal.


Cloning Existing Windows 7 OS to Virtual Machine




  • Microsoft provides Disk2VHD, ( https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/disk2vhd ) which will clone a Windows install to a VHD virtual machine.


  • The Windows VHD can be used by VirtualBox as a existing virtual hard disk file when creating a virtual machine.


  • Alternately VMware offers VCenter Converter that can create a virtual machine from Windows or Linux desktops: ( vmware.com/in/products/converter.html ).



I have a VBox Windows VDI on a USB2 flash drive system and AutoCAD is very slow, but it works. My VM takes up about 85GB but it has lots of Windows programs on it.






share|improve this answer















Virtual Windows 7 Machine on USB.




  • Install Ubuntu on USB. (Full not Persistent).

  • Install VirtualBox in Ubuntu. (Ubuntu Software Center).

  • Download the Windows 7 ISO (from Microsoft).

  • Start VBox and Create a Windows 7 virtual machine.

  • Don't forget to register Win 7 to keep things legal.


Cloning Existing Windows 7 OS to Virtual Machine




  • Microsoft provides Disk2VHD, ( https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/disk2vhd ) which will clone a Windows install to a VHD virtual machine.


  • The Windows VHD can be used by VirtualBox as a existing virtual hard disk file when creating a virtual machine.


  • Alternately VMware offers VCenter Converter that can create a virtual machine from Windows or Linux desktops: ( vmware.com/in/products/converter.html ).



I have a VBox Windows VDI on a USB2 flash drive system and AutoCAD is very slow, but it works. My VM takes up about 85GB but it has lots of Windows programs on it.







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  • I want to transfer the system already installed and filled with my software and files to a virtual machine. Does this work?

    – TravelTrader
    Jan 8 at 13:34











  • Microsoft has a tool to clone a Windows install to virtual disk: makeuseof.com/tag/… . VMware offers VCenter Converter that creates a VMware machine from Windows or Linux desktops: vmware.com/in/products/converter.html

    – C.S.Cameron
    Jan 9 at 4:12



















  • I want to transfer the system already installed and filled with my software and files to a virtual machine. Does this work?

    – TravelTrader
    Jan 8 at 13:34











  • Microsoft has a tool to clone a Windows install to virtual disk: makeuseof.com/tag/… . VMware offers VCenter Converter that creates a VMware machine from Windows or Linux desktops: vmware.com/in/products/converter.html

    – C.S.Cameron
    Jan 9 at 4:12

















I want to transfer the system already installed and filled with my software and files to a virtual machine. Does this work?

– TravelTrader
Jan 8 at 13:34





I want to transfer the system already installed and filled with my software and files to a virtual machine. Does this work?

– TravelTrader
Jan 8 at 13:34













Microsoft has a tool to clone a Windows install to virtual disk: makeuseof.com/tag/… . VMware offers VCenter Converter that creates a VMware machine from Windows or Linux desktops: vmware.com/in/products/converter.html

– C.S.Cameron
Jan 9 at 4:12





Microsoft has a tool to clone a Windows install to virtual disk: makeuseof.com/tag/… . VMware offers VCenter Converter that creates a VMware machine from Windows or Linux desktops: vmware.com/in/products/converter.html

– C.S.Cameron
Jan 9 at 4:12


















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