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So, I get one of those off-lease desktops. <BR>
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I plan to shrink the Windows 7 partition down to 80GB, and install Centos 6.X on the rest.<BR>
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Is there a reasonably simple way of getting a VirtualBox or KVM Virtual Machine with a copy of this Windows 7 install in it which doesn't involve reinstalling Windows 7? Yes, I hate Windows 7 as much as the rest, but occasionally have to use it, and would rather use it in a VM under Centos. <BR>
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I'm thinking that there isn't an install media for Windows provided, although it looks like I can burn a recovery media. Will that HP recovery media install within a VM, or will it detect that it's not seeing "real" hardware and barf? <BR>
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Neal
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