Iso Image

Is there a way to make an iso image of the OS that is installed on
VirtualPC?

"Tiger" <> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to make an iso image of the OS that is installed on
> VirtualPC?

You should be able to use any disk imaging software such as Norton Ghost or
True Image in the guest OS. I'm not real familiar with these so I don't
know if they can make ISO files or not. You might also be able to use the
tools in suites such as Roxio Creator and Nero to create an ISO of the
entire disc. I've never tried doing this in a virtual machine or a physical
one. I can see there being problems, particularly with Windows' system files
and folders that may be locked or inaccessible.

What exactly is that you want to do? In other words, what's the purpose of
creating this ISO file? If it's just to create a new guest OS from an
existing guest OS, then simply make a copy of the .vhd file(s). Go through
the VPC wizard to create a new virtual machine and use the copied .vhd file
for Hard Disk 1 (if you have 2 or 3 hard disks for the virtual machine,
you'll need to open Settings to add these hard drives because the wizard
only lets you specify the first hard disk). Immediately after you launch
the new virtual machine, rename the computer (otherwise, you will have
issues running both virtual machines at the same time because you'll have 2
identically named computers on the same network).

--
Mike

On Feb 6, 7:45*am, "MikeD" <nob...@nowhere.edu> wrote:
> "Tiger" <tiger.geodyna...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:53b22620-ca83-4d86-b19c-...
>
> > Is there a way to make an iso image of the OS that is installed on
> > VirtualPC?
>
> You should be able to use any disk imaging software such as Norton Ghost or
> True Image in the guest OS. *I'm not real familiar with these so I don't
> know if they can make ISO files or not. *You might also be able to use the
> tools in suites such as Roxio Creator and Nero to create an ISO of the
> entire disc. *I've never tried doing this in a virtual machine or a physical
> one. I can see there being problems, particularly with Windows' system files
> and folders that may be locked or inaccessible.
>
> What exactly is that you want to do? In other words, what's the purpose of
> creating this ISO file? If it's just to create a new guest OS from an
> existing guest OS, then simply make a copy of the .vhd file(s). Go through
> the VPC wizard to create a new virtual machine and use the copied .vhd file
> for Hard Disk 1 (if you have 2 or 3 hard disks for the virtual machine,
> you'll need to open Settings to add these hard drives because the wizard
> only lets you specify the first hard disk). * Immediately after you launch
> the new virtual machine, rename the computer (otherwise, you will have
> issues running both virtual machines at the same time because you'll have2
> identically named computers on the same network).
>
> --
> Mike

Thanks for your reponse. I found a solution and was able to make an
image of the OS, with a few minor errors. I'm attempting to scale down
the OS to possiby make an embedded style OS. I know there are easier
ways of doing this and downloads, it's my way of learning. Thanks again