Windows 10: Create W10 VM of your RUNNING machine (VMWARE)

Discus and support Create W10 VM of your RUNNING machine (VMWARE) in Windows 10 Virtualization to solve the problem; Hi there An easy way of creating a W10 VM (or any other OS) of your RUNNING machine is simply to start up the VMWARE CONVERTER. You need to be in... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Virtualization' started by jimbo45, Mar 3, 2015.

  1. jimbo45 Win User

    Create W10 VM of your RUNNING machine (VMWARE)


    Hi there

    An easy way of creating a W10 VM (or any other OS) of your RUNNING machine is simply to start up the VMWARE CONVERTER. You need to be in administrator mode.

    Configure the target machine, - unclick DATA drives if you just want to start with creating the system. Remove the extra NIC's it generates and in about 30 mins you've got a VM with all your installed programs etc.

    It's possible it might not boot my W10 build 9926) didn't boot first time so what I did was to set the W10 ISO I'd downloaded as a CD iISO image in the VMware config remembering to set it to connect at power on !!! and then BOOT to BIOS or FIRMWARE in the VM. Then simply do REPAR SYSTEM -then it all booted just fine.

    Saves creating and installing everything again.

    VMware converter -- for P2V (Physical to Virtual) FREE

    VMware vCenter Converter transforms your Windows- and Linux-based physical machines and third-party image formats to VMware virtual machines.

    Note - this also works for W7 / W8.1 etc -- so you could create a VM of your older OS'es -- see if everything still runs OK on them - then install W10 with your old OS'es as VM's. As always though BACKUP your ORIGINAL OS if installing a new one.

    Cheers
    jimbo

    :)
     
    jimbo45, Mar 3, 2015
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  2. BulldogXX Win User

    How Can I use Windows 10 to Run a program written for Windows 98?

    Sure, no problem and it's free: Run your program in a Windows 98 virtual machine.

    Setting up a virtual machine with VirtualBox or VMWare Workstation player is easy - there are many tutorials on the web. Install Windows 98 in the VM and then install your program.

    You can also create a VM with Microsoft's own Hyper-V but the process is more tricky to understand.
     
    BulldogXX, Mar 3, 2015
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  3. SJDM Win User
    How to display different virtual desktops on different monitors

    I would suggest the most useful get-around is to run VMware virtual machine and use the power of a wider desktop to run the VMware (or HyperV etc) on the 2nd monitor. You can then run the VMware software in 'unity mode' which allows you to work directly
    in the application window (the one inside the VM); this is better than having to Alt + Tab to the VM environment guest and select the app window you want inside that. It's great, and Windows / VMware is a good solution. (I don't know HyperV which I believe
    has similar functionality). Just make sure you have plenty of memory, as a 64 bit VMware guest VM OS will use similar RAM as a your 'host' machine.
     
    SJDM, Mar 3, 2015
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