Click Create and wait until a VHD file is created.
Under Volumes to include:, select the drive that has the Windows image you wish to convert to a virtual image.
Under VHD File name:, select the path of where you wish to save the VHD image file.
Make sure that the USB HDD is mounted on your computer before proceeding.
Once the Windows 7 image has been restored to the external USB HDD, download Disk2VHD.
Recommended size would be at least a 80GB HDD so that the user can install updates and additional programs as needed. The size of the harddrive will determine how big the virtual harddrive will expand to. Please make sure to use harddrive with 80GB or more of free space.
Apply the image to a harddrive using the Windows imaging deployment tool of your choice.
Instructions on how to create a Windows image out of the scope of this guide. Lastly VirtualBox, supports 4 different virtual harddrive formats: VDI, VHD, VMDK, HDD (file formats for Oracle VirtualBox, Microsoft VirtualPC, VMWare Workstation/Fusion, and Parallels Desktop, respectively) VirtualBox also has a powerful command line interface which allows you the option to script VM configurations. So in addition to the personal use which is always permitted, academic institutions may also choose to roll out the software in an automated way to make it available to its students and personnel. VirtualBox is recommended because it’s free to use: : There are 3 major players which include: Oracle VirtualBox, VMware Fusion, and Parallels Desktop. Use of Virtual Machines in OS X is the main reason we need to create virtual Windows 7 images.
5 Notes about other products for conversion.
4 Converting Windows 7 images using VBoxManage.
Let's say you want to start the VM without a GUI. (In the settins, I had to checkmark "Enable I/O APIC") Bonus Now simply create a VM and use/attach the VDI disk.
-type: VBoxManage clonemedium disk c:\path-to-vhdx\DESKTOP.VHDX c:\path-to-vdi\DESKTOP.VDI -format VDI.
-inside the command window, type: cd c:\program files\oracle\VirtualBox\.
To convert to VirtualBox VDI Disk (VirtualBox native format): The roadblock you might run into is that VirtualBox cannot run VHDX files. If you run into a problem where you cannot run Hyper-V, VirtualBox is a good alternative. Hyper-V VHDX disks can be created from a physical computer with Disk2VHD.
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