How to migrate from the drive containing the OS to a VM
I have a USB-connected HDD at hand.
I have Win7 32bit installed in it, so please tell me how to port that OS onto the VM.
A backup file has already been created.

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I have a USB-connected HDD at hand.
I have Win7 32bit installed in it, so please tell me how to port that OS onto the VM.
A backup file has already been created.
Is Windows 7 bootable from your USB HDD?
What type of backup file have you created and what application did you use to create it?
In principle, the easiest method of porting a working OS to a virtual machine is to create a full disk backup image of that working system, then create a virtual machine to match the OS requirements, boot that virtual machine from Acronis rescue media then restore the backup image to the virtual disk for that VM.
See my YouTube video showing doing that type of restore to a VM.
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Steve Smith wrote:I have a USB-connected HDD at hand.
I have Win7 32bit installed in it, so please tell me how to port that OS onto the VM.
A backup file has already been created.Is Windows 7 bootable from your USB HDD?
What type of backup file have you created and what application did you use to create it?
In principle, the easiest method of porting a working OS to a virtual machine is to create a full disk backup image of that working system, then create a virtual machine to match the OS requirements, boot that virtual machine from Acronis rescue media then restore the backup image to the virtual disk for that VM.
I don't have a computer that can open 32bit at hand, so I don't know.
I created a tibx file as a backup file.
You mentioned creating rescue media, but is this correct with Acronis Universal Restore?
When creating this, I am asked whether it is Linux-based or Win-based, which should I choose?
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You need to create regular Acronis rescue media that will be used to restore your backup .tibx image file to a virtual machine - this is needed before using any Universal Restore media.
The choice between Linux or Windows based media shouldn't matter if restoring to a virtual machine though I have tended to use only the Windows PE versions of rescue media myself.
See KB 65413: Acronis True Image 2021: Restoring to dissimilar hardware with Acronis Universal Restore and in particular review Steps 4 and 5 of this document.
Also KB 2149: Acronis Universal Restore
KB 45432: Acronis Software: Troubleshooting Universal Restore and Bootability Issues
KB 46405: Acronis True Image: Restored Operating System Fails to Boot
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The Validated menu for Step 1 of the first URL does not appear, but is it okay if I don't do it?
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What actual version of Acronis are you use here?
Validation isn't a mandatory requirement - it only confirms that the TIBX file remains unchanged since it was originally written to the storage drive.
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Yuki, see KB 69330: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office: Restoring to dissimilar hardware with Acronis Universal Restore and in particular review Steps 4 and 5 of this document.
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I managed to restore from backup.
Thank you for your kindness and kindness.
Please let me know if you need anything again.
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Yuki, thank you for the update and good to read that you have achieved the desired end result.
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