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author = "Blagovest Petrov"
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title = "Virtualize a broken Windows XP machine with KVM or Xen, Part2"
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date = "2013-11-08"
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tags = [
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"Windows",
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"Virtualization",
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]
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categories = [
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"System Administration",
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]
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It’s time to convert the physical disk to a virtual image. I’m using KVM/Qemu almost everywhere, so, this tutorial will be about KVM. You can use the images in Xen/VMWare almost the same way.
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First, install the VirtIO drivers for a better performance. The Fedora team builds isos with binary executables. [Check the KVM documentation for the newest download links](http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers).
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First, attach a new VirtIO disk image to the machine. You can use the previously generated image in the installation from Part 1 or create a new one. The size is not important. It’s needed just to recognize the new storage format in Windows.
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When it’s installed, you can deattach and delete the temporary VirtIO disk.
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And now, the converting. I use mostly three tools for this thing:
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* [VMWare vCenter Converter](http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/) which is a free tool by VmWare;
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* CloneZilla - Open Source Linuxdistribution for creating disk images;
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* Byte copy with dd. I don' recommend it because will copy all of the sectors of the disk, even the "empty" ones. The dd way is OK when you will use LVM for a storage format.
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I will show you how to convert it with the VmWare tool because It’s the easiest way, I think.
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You need a free space somewhere to put the converted image from the tool. It’s possible to mount a directory from the server, to mount a Samba share or if the physical disk is healthy and there’s enough free space, you can put the image right in C:.
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Click on “Convert machine”
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This local machine
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VmWare Workstation or other VmWare virtual machine; choose a directory
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Summary...
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And the job is running
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When its finished, you will have a directory with the VMDK image in it. KVM supports VMDK but it’s better to convert it to QCOW2 with:
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```bash
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qemu-img convert -O qcow2 WinXP.vmdk WinXP.qcow2
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```
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