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how to convert a backup to a virtual machine (vmware or other)?

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hi,

i have a backup and now i want to convert it to a virtual machine so i can boot a old win 32 vista installation. (i have backup of that partition).

How can i achieve this? I can't find a tutorial for acronis home 11 plus, only for older versions...

sometimes this is also called p2v...

any tips?

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You could try doing a normal restore (with UR) into the VM. I've usually done the conversions with B&R 10 (or Echo).

See: Tools and Utilities/Convert Acronis backup to windows backup - that will create a VHD.

If you are using VirtualBox as the software to run your VM then use:

"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\vboxmanage" clonehd vhd_name.vhd vdi_name.vdi --format vdi

Change vhd/vdi_name to the filoe names you are/want to use. The VDI will be a lot smaller than the VHD.

Just as a further bit of info if you want a disk not to be included in VirtualBox snashots then use this command:

"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\vboxmanage" modifyhd Disk_name.vdi --type writethrough