Creating an iso image of an entire HD including boot info

[Pondlife]

Reconverting the img to vdi again now for another go after wiping it the 1st time.

[VectraMan]

I think I just booted off the XP CD and ran repair. The aforementioned guide suggests you can just turn on IO APIC, but that didn't work for me. Also having turned on IO APIC and repaired, I ended up with an XP VM that was dog slow (I mean obviously not working correctly slow), and I had to turn off the option and run the repair all over again.

It was something of a PITA, but it did ultimately work.

[Pondlife]

I used an evaluation copy of Acronis to do this. But don't expect it to just boot inside Virtual Box; you'll need an XP install to repair it.

hmmm so it seems.

suggestions?

fixboot or fixmbr? - don't work

[VectraMan]

I used an evaluation copy of Acronis to do this. But don't expect it to just boot inside Virtual Box; you'll need an XP install to repair it.

[Cliphead]

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\doodab>man dd
'man' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Documents and Settings\doodab>

WinDD

[doodab]

man dd

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\doodab>man dd
'man' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Documents and Settings\doodab>

[Cliphead]

man dd

+1

[Mr.Whippy]

Clonezilla maybe?

[stek]

man dd

[TheFaQQer]

Or even this one Convert a physical PC into a VirtualBox virtual machine « Dave Koelmeyer

[TheFaQQer]

Maybe I should have mentioned. I use VBox not VWware.

VirtualBox (is that the same?) will open a VMWare image.

Howto Convert Vmware Image to Virtualbox Image or Import Vmware Image into Virtualbox*|*Ubuntu Geek

Convert VMWare VM to VirtualBox (Windows XP Pro host and guest) | Input Jam

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Migrate_Windows

[Pondlife]

Maybe I should have mentioned. I use VBox not VWware.

[TheFaQQer]

Just use VMware vCenter Converter, Convert Physical Machines to Virtual Machines instead - it will convert the machine to a VMWare image for you. I did it from my laptop ages ago with no problems.

[Pondlife]

As per the title I'd like to create an iso image including boot info of an XP laptop so I can convert it and use it as a virtual machine.

I've got the hiren boot CD so I can boot into Linux or mini XP it it needs to be done offline.

What (free) app should I use to do this?

Ta in advance

Pondy