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Quoth · 10-15-2020, 06:39 AM

If your computer isn't using EFI to boot (it can have an efi bios), then MS offers an imaging tool. Get a USB HDD and image Vista to that.
The tool is intended to create XP, Vista and Win7 VMs on Win10. You need to tick "Prepare for VM" and untick "Shadow copy".
Actually Linux and Win10 use almost the SAME VM software. I set up a copy of my 2002 XP laptop on the USB HDD and then setup OpenBox VM to use that file directly. The XP loads in about 10s and runs faster. I'm using Linux, but the tool is intended for Win10.

My 1T USB Seagate hard drive was about £45 inc shipping. I have several VMs on it.

Though my host is Linux and not Win 10, the USB serial adaptor is mapped as an XP com1, the networking is 1 Gbps, the printer is mapped, a directory on Linux appears as an XP drive, an external USB DVD drive and other USB gadgets can be mapped. All the same on Win 10.
You need to install the Guest pack on the running VM at first use by loading it as a pretend CD.
You can save snapshots and run them rather than rebooting the VM contents.

10-15-2020, 06:39 AM	#23
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,145 Karma: 105212035 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	If your computer isn't using EFI to boot (it can have an efi bios), then MS offers an imaging tool. Get a USB HDD and image Vista to that. The tool is intended to create XP, Vista and Win7 VMs on Win10. You need to tick "Prepare for VM" and untick "Shadow copy". Actually Linux and Win10 use almost the SAME VM software. I set up a copy of my 2002 XP laptop on the USB HDD and then setup OpenBox VM to use that file directly. The XP loads in about 10s and runs faster. I'm using Linux, but the tool is intended for Win10. My 1T USB Seagate hard drive was about £45 inc shipping. I have several VMs on it. Though my host is Linux and not Win 10, the USB serial adaptor is mapped as an XP com1, the networking is 1 Gbps, the printer is mapped, a directory on Linux appears as an XP drive, an external USB DVD drive and other USB gadgets can be mapped. All the same on Win 10. You need to install the Guest pack on the running VM at first use by loading it as a pretend CD. You can save snapshots and run them rather than rebooting the VM contents. Last edited by Quoth; 10-15-2020 at 06:43 AM.