Convert Windows to virtual
Памятка
Given:
Laptop Lenovo C340-14IWL (ideapad) Type 81N4
Disk: M.2 NVMe SSD 512GB
Bios: UFEI GPT
Windows 10 Enterprise
Required: virtual machine on VirtualBox (not Hyper-V)
By EaseUS TODO Backup Free
1. Install EaseUS TODO Backup Free on computer you want to migrate to virtual
2. Create backup on external hard drive
3. Create Emergency Disk by EaseUS as .iso image
4. Create Virtual machine with new disk of any type
5. Mount Emergency disk as CD to Virtual machine
6. Change bot order to boot from CD
7. Uncheck System->Enable UFI
8. Start Virtual Machine
9. Mount external USB with the backup
10. Restore backup to VM's disk (took me 1 hour for backup of 65GB)
11. Shutdown VM
12. Check System->Enable UFI !
13. Start VM
14. During first boot the windows will recunfigure itself for new hardware (Intel CPU -> AMD, Memory, disk, etc.)
By disk2vhd
The virtual box don't work with .vhdx. So first create .vhdx, then convert it to .vdi
1. Using disk2vhd create disk image. Choose all disk partitions, "Use VHDX" checked, "Use VolumeShadow Copy" unchecked
2. Convert image from .vhdx to .vdi by CloneVDI . Don't change any checkbox. Don't use VirtualBox's VBoxManage.exe tool, because creates non working image (probably because of GPT).
3. Create Virtualbox virtual machine without disk, attach the .vdi and choose System->Enabler EFI
4. Start machine
* don't create .vhd by disk2vhd! Virtual box know to work with it by can't boot (probably because of EFI/GPT)