Microsoft KB Archive/824669

= How to Create a Virtual PC Drive Image of a Physical Hard Drive =

PSS ID Number: 824669

Article Last Modified on 8/4/2003

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Connectix Virtual PC for Windows version 5.2

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SUMMARY
This article discusses how to create a Virtual PC drive image of a physical hard disk. When you create an image of a physical hard disk in a Virtual PC drive image, the virtual hard disk on the guest PC is a duplicate of the physical hard disk that you created the image from.



MORE INFORMATION
To create a Virtual PC drive image of a physical hard disk or of a volume (partition), use the Virtual Disk Wizard.

Important To complete this procedure, you must have more free space on the disk where you store the disk image than the size of the disk that you want to create the image of.

Part 1: Create the Disk Image
This procedure creates a disk image that functions as a shortcut to the physical hard disk or the physical partition.
 * 1) In Virtual PC, click File, and then click Virtual Disk Wizard.
 * 2) Click Next, click Create new floppy or hard disk image, and then click Next.
 * 3) Click Create a hard disk image, and then click Next.
 * 4) In the Disk image location box, click Browse, and then locate the location where you want to save your disk image.
 * 5) Type a name for your disk image, click Save, and then click Next.
 * 6) Under Hard Disk Image Type, click one of the following options:
 * 7) * If you want to create an image from a hard disk that contains more than one volume (partition), click Disk image linked to a host physical drive.
 * 8) * If you want to create an image from a single volume (partition), or a hard disk that contains only one volume (partition), click Disk image linked to a host volume.
 * 9) Click Next.
 * 10) Read the Caution message, click OK if you are sure that you want to continue, and then click Next.
 * 11) Click the physical hard disk or volume that you want to create an image from, click Next, and then click Finish.

Part 2: Convert Disk Image

 * 1) In Virtual PC, click File, and then click Virtual Disk Wizard.
 * 2) Click Next, click Examine or modify existing disk image, and then click Next.
 * 3) Click Browse, locate the disk image that you created in part 1 of this article, click this image, click Open, and then click Next.
 * 4) Click Convert the physical drive to a dynamically expanding disk image, and then click Next.
 * 5) Click Select new file, click Browse, and then locate the location where you want to save your disk image.

Caution You cannot locate this drive image on the drive that you want to transfer data from.
 * 1) Type a name for your new disk image, click Save, click Next, and then click Finish.

After you complete these steps, the Virtual Disk Wizard creates the new image from your physical hard disk or partition. This may take a long time depending on the size of the image that you create.

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Technology: kbConnectix kbvirtualpcSearch kbVirtualPCWin520 kbVirtualPCWinSearch

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