Windows 10: Does running virtual machines ruin your host os

I have a windows 10 PC. Recently I started running virtual machines using the virtual box. I would like to know whether running another os in your computer apart from a single os ruin your PC.


Thank you.

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Legality of Cloning Host OS to a Virtual Machine

Hello, I have a question regarding virtual machines and Windows. I apologize if this has already been asked. I have a situation where I would want to test a piece of malware on a Windows virtual machine, but I have no product keys available. I am wondering
if it would be legal to clone my host operating system (Windows 10 Pro) into a virtual machine (guest) that will be running on the same exact machine as the host, or would that be considered software piracy as I would not be using two product keys? I am aware
of how one could do this illegally, but I do not wish to do that. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Virtualisation on Windows 10 host machine

I have recently upgraded to Windows 10 and some software I use is not supported. It has been suggested that I run a virtual earlier Windows machine using my Windows 10 OS as the host. I'm new to virtualisation. Will Hyper-V run on a host Windows 10 OS? Is
there a more appropriate virtualisation package I should be looking at?

Any advice appreciated.

 

re-install Windows 10 from Virtual Machine as the host OS

Hi Ross,

Perhaps I didn't myself that clear. I do not intend to create a replacement virtual machine. I would like to replace my linux OS (hosting W10 on virtualbox) with a full Windows 10 OS. I'd like to re-use my W10 license on my actual desktop.

Cheers,

Mark