{"id":1117,"date":"2020-09-15T15:58:17","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T12:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leonidassavvides.com\/blog\/?p=1117"},"modified":"2020-09-15T15:58:17","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T12:58:17","slug":"how-to-convert-a-physical-windows-or-linux-pc-to-a-virtual-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leonidassavvides.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/how-to-convert-a-physical-windows-or-linux-pc-to-a-virtual-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Convert a Physical Windows or Linux PC to a Virtual Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/starwind-v2v-converter\">https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/starwind-v2v-converter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vmware.com\/products\/converter.html\">https:\/\/www.vmware.com\/products\/converter.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sysinternals\/downloads\/disk2vhd\">https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sysinternals\/downloads\/disk2vhd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parallels.com\/pc\/\">https:\/\/www.parallels.com\/pc\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In YouTube Video below I use StarWind to Convert Physical to Virtual Machine, and VMware Workstation Pro 15 to run\/play VM&#8230; file created&#8230;!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"StarWind Converter v2v run in VMware Workstation Pro\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F2e1q1Z_aXo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I gave this cmd [boot from ISO windows 10 go command prompt] from the command prompt: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>bcdboot C:\\Windows <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To Solve Successfully the Boot Problem &#8211; try it if your symptom is the same This command from <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-hardware\/manufacture\/desktop\/bcdboot-command-line-options-techref-di\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-hardware\/manufacture\/desktop\/bcdboot-command-line-options-techref-di <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SOFTWARE <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/starwind-v2v-converter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/starwind-v2v-converter <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vmware.com\/products\/workstation-pro\/workstation-pro-evaluation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.vmware.com\/products\/workstation-pro\/workstation-pro-evaluation.html <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>======================================= <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donate <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/lsepolis123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/lsepolis123<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/lsepolis123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/lsepolis123<\/a>&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>E-mail <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:developer.lse@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">developer.lse@gmail.com<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>lwdlse or lselwd <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blog <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.LeonidasSavvides.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.LeonidasSavvides.com\/blog\/<\/a>&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/leonidas.e.savvides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/leonidas.e.savvides<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lwdlse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/lwdlse<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/starwind-v2v-converter https:\/\/www.vmware.com\/products\/converter.html https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sysinternals\/downloads\/disk2vhd https:\/\/www.parallels.com\/pc\/ In YouTube Video below I use StarWind to Convert Physical to Virtual Machine, and VMware Workstation Pro 15 to run\/play VM&#8230; file created&#8230;!! 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