The process of converting your old system into a VM is self explanatory: This is done on the old system.ĭownload and install VMware vCenter Converter on the old Windows system. … to convert your old machine into a VM image. You need two tools of VMware which both are free (for non-commercial use, see above!): I recommend to use VMware, the market leader in virtualization. It is a typical MS product: Substandard, bloated, slow. Win 7 comes with Microsoft Virtual PC, a virtualization solution which MS has acquired from Connectix. Now, here is how to do it: Which virtualization software? You will find the sticker (the Certificate of Authenticity) on the back side of the original Windows booklet or on the CD envelope or (as with my old Dell Dimension) glued to the case of your old machine. The only requirement that you must meet for this transition is that you have the product key for your old Win XP installation at hand. If you use them commercially, please consider buying the commercial versions. The needed tools are all free for non-commercial use. Some old tools may never make it into the new machine but it feels good to know that they are available in case you should suddenly need them. You can easily transfer your complete old working environment with large system and data partitions and even with multiple monitors into a VM that is running in a window (or full screen) on your new machine – side by side with your new environment which can slowly evolve and take over. With virtual machines (VMs) you can avoid all this. And the old machine with its keyboard and mouse usually keep blocking space in my office for another year until it is finally safe to send them to retirement. With an armada of applications and my complex installation of a typical web worker it literally takes me months to bring a new machine to a point where I can do at least some 95% of my work with it. After several years of happy usage your hardware as well your Win OS are due for a refresh? You have already postponed it for a year or three, but the day has finally come where you definitely have to say goodbye to your old working environment? Why don’t you take it with you onto your new system? It is easier as you may think!
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