[AccessD] William Hindman (Re: Visual Basic 2008 Express&VB.NET)

Thanks Drew,
Returnil fits the bill nicely and I have gone with that for that reason.
Regards
Max


On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Drew Wutka <DWUTKA at marlow.com> wrote:

> You can 'restore' a machine into a virtual machine using Acronis True
> Image Restore (it's a non-free package).  Someone also recommended
> another package I think called WinImage (not sure if it's free or not).
>
> Drew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo
> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 1:28 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] William Hindman (Re: Visual Basic 2008
> Express&VB.NET)
>
> Here is a stupid question so apologies:
>
> When I install my Virtual bits, can I then, somehow, create an image
> from my
> physical system (maybe as an ISO) and move that to the virtual machine
> so
> that I dont have to reinstall everything?  If so, how?
>
> Thanks
>
> Max
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 4:24 AM, William Hindman <
> wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com> wrote:
>
> > ...yes ...but its pretty simple to do since you can copy to/from a
> local
> > disk ...and the expiration dates have so far not been rigorously
> enforced
> > ...the copy of xp/vista is pre-activated and won't run outside the vpc
> > environment.
> >
> > William
> >
> The information contained in this transmission is intended only for the
> person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain II-VI Proprietary
> and/or II-VI Business Sensitive material. If you are not the intended
> recipient, please contact the sender immediately and destroy the material in
> its entirety, whether electronic or hard copy. You are notified that any
> review, retransmission, copying, disclosure, dissemination, or other use of,
> or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or
> entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited.
>
>
> --
> AccessD mailing list
> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd
> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com
>