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Here is the situation. I was running Win 7 64 pro with a MS virtual machine running XP 64 pro (the funny one dedicated to XP). The motherboard released the magic smoke. Sacrificing small mammals did not fix it.
Current condition. Running Win 8 64 Pro on a new MB (fresh install) with VMware installed. Contrary to documentation, I was unable to import either the old OS or applications into the new disk going to Win 8. I have the disk used on the old Win 7 system. There are applications in the MS virtual machine that I can not reinstall. I was not able to do a migration.
I tried to boot the old drive on the new MB: total lack of success (presumably HAL and things). Migration did not work for me. I am not familiar enough with internals to have figured out a way to deal with the changes in the underlying hardware translation layer. From my understanding of VM things (limited at best), I believe that the free VMWare is the best solution for the Win 8 environment. I would gladly accept reasons why that is not true. I have the free VMWare installed on the new MB and win 8.
I can not reinstall some of the applications I need. Installers gone into the great beyond or licensing issues with defunct vendors. Some critical applications will not support any OS above XP.
So, here is what I have and "understand":
What is possible?
I would be happy if I could somehow make my entire old Win 7 install become a VM on my Win 8 system. This would, I think, bring along the MS XP VM. That would be fine. But I don't really need Win7 (but if it gets me where I need to be, it is OK). For better or worse, I am doing Win 8 and hanging tight for 10. I do not use the orphaned applications very often; but when I need them, I NEED them.
The (presumably) simplest result would be to only bring in the MS XP VM into Win 8. It is the XP applications that are my highest priority. On the other hand, there are also some applications on the Win 7 that would be useful to be able to run without finding (or repurchasing) the install packages. If moving Win 7 and just the XP VM are of similar difficulty, I would move Win 7 including the XP VM.
I have licenses for Win 7 Win 8 and XP. I am not trying to steal anything.
Can any of these things be done? If so - PLEASE HELP!
Current condition. Running Win 8 64 Pro on a new MB (fresh install) with VMware installed. Contrary to documentation, I was unable to import either the old OS or applications into the new disk going to Win 8. I have the disk used on the old Win 7 system. There are applications in the MS virtual machine that I can not reinstall. I was not able to do a migration.
I tried to boot the old drive on the new MB: total lack of success (presumably HAL and things). Migration did not work for me. I am not familiar enough with internals to have figured out a way to deal with the changes in the underlying hardware translation layer. From my understanding of VM things (limited at best), I believe that the free VMWare is the best solution for the Win 8 environment. I would gladly accept reasons why that is not true. I have the free VMWare installed on the new MB and win 8.
I can not reinstall some of the applications I need. Installers gone into the great beyond or licensing issues with defunct vendors. Some critical applications will not support any OS above XP.
So, here is what I have and "understand":
- I have a Win 7 Pro boot disk sitting on my desk (the real thing with all my junk like pens, beer, and boxes of stuff), incompatible with my current MB
- It has the MS VM for XP with a bunch of aps I need running under Win 7 Pro 64
- My current machine (different MB) is running Win 8
- I have VMWare installed on the new machine (MB) - I understand that the MS XP centric VM can not coexist with the VM installed.
What is possible?
I would be happy if I could somehow make my entire old Win 7 install become a VM on my Win 8 system. This would, I think, bring along the MS XP VM. That would be fine. But I don't really need Win7 (but if it gets me where I need to be, it is OK). For better or worse, I am doing Win 8 and hanging tight for 10. I do not use the orphaned applications very often; but when I need them, I NEED them.
The (presumably) simplest result would be to only bring in the MS XP VM into Win 8. It is the XP applications that are my highest priority. On the other hand, there are also some applications on the Win 7 that would be useful to be able to run without finding (or repurchasing) the install packages. If moving Win 7 and just the XP VM are of similar difficulty, I would move Win 7 including the XP VM.
I have licenses for Win 7 Win 8 and XP. I am not trying to steal anything.
Can any of these things be done? If so - PLEASE HELP!
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 8.1
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- CPU
- i7 3770
- Motherboard
- Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe
- Memory
- 16GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- embedded
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell 2408WFP
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 X 1200
- Hard Drives
- Various 500GB - 4TB
- PSU
- Seasonic 760W
- Case
- Fractal Define XL R2
- Cooling
- be quite! Dark Rock Pro 2
- Keyboard
- OmniKey/Ultra
- Mouse
- Logitech with Win generic drivers
- Internet Speed
- 35Mb
- Browser
- Firefox
- Antivirus
- Bitdefender and Malwarebytes