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Re: [opensuse] Can I use one of the virtualizers?
- From: Felix Miata <mrmazda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:27:37 -0400
- Message-id: <4BAB64C9.50305@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On 2010/03/25 04:51 (GMT-0400) John E. Perry composed:
1-Anyone who buys any system new should insist that true installation media
either be provided, or an available option, as insurance against the many HDs
that die prematurely, and as a way to escape from the typical garbageware
clutter that comes preinstalled by major vendors like HP. No recovery
partition exists on replacement HDs. Check with Lenovo about availability of
true installation media, which should be available at nominal cost as an
alternative to "restore" media.
2-Systems that ship with no installation media often have some utility that
enables you to burn your own installation media from the installed system.
3-AIUI, utilities exist, not provided by Micro$oft, to modify installation
media, that enable installation from any compatible original media and any
valid installation key, compatible meaning e.g. a Professional key must be
used with the Professional XP media.
see also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLite_and_vLite
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I have a laptop (hpdv6000) that's too old to have the Intel vt
extensions, so I can't use Xen to virtualize directly my installed
Windows XP. But I'd really like to get away from the dual-boot
situation so I can use both suse and xp easily.
My problem is that virtualbox and vmware, from what I've read, require
that I install xp under the virtualizer so it can modify the xp code to
run under it. But my laptop shipped with a "restore" disk, which starts
restoration by wiping the hard drive and copying xp onto the
single-partition disk. I don't have an installable copy of xp for my
laptop.
Can anyone suggest a way around this problem?
1-Anyone who buys any system new should insist that true installation media
either be provided, or an available option, as insurance against the many HDs
that die prematurely, and as a way to escape from the typical garbageware
clutter that comes preinstalled by major vendors like HP. No recovery
partition exists on replacement HDs. Check with Lenovo about availability of
true installation media, which should be available at nominal cost as an
alternative to "restore" media.
2-Systems that ship with no installation media often have some utility that
enables you to burn your own installation media from the installed system.
3-AIUI, utilities exist, not provided by Micro$oft, to modify installation
media, that enable installation from any compatible original media and any
valid installation key, compatible meaning e.g. a Professional key must be
used with the Professional XP media.
see also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLite_and_vLite
--
"The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant
words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation)
Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409
Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
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