Is it possible to run a real computer, (on an external drive, or another partition) inside a virtual machine?

June 10th, 2008 3:17 am

cmatt85 asked:

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2 Responses to “Is it possible to run a real computer, (on an external drive, or another partition) inside a virtual machine?”

1. ardeenardeen Says:
   June 10, 2008 at 3:25 pm

   I try using Virtual PC from microsoft site, and i can play simultant 3 OS (Vista as real OS, Xp and Linux as virtual), and for info now you can run windows vista without install it (Vista Live CD)

2. Matt Says:
   June 13, 2008 at 5:50 am

   If you’re experienced with virtual machines and have done it before… why are you asking?

   Anyway, go to and download the free one. You can also (if this is what you’re asking) connect to an already existing hard drive, partition, etc., and boot the OS that way. Works A LOT better with the already-existing Linux hard drive than vice-versa.

   It is Linux, Windows, etc., compatible as both a host and a guest OS.

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