With New i7 processors and AMD Processors – Use Go Virtual
Although the free version or Paragon’s Go Virtual is for non-commercial use, this application is an excellent product. It requires you to load VirtualPC, VMWare or Oracle’s VirtualBox on a computer. Once loaded, all you have to do is Load Paragon’s Go Virtual on the computer you want, run through the wizard and it will create a VDMK file (a virtualization of the OS you are using). Once the file is created, you can run through the New Wizard setup on your Virtualization software and point to the file and you then have your operating system virtualized. With a 32 bit or 64 bit version available, this software will work on nearly any computer.
Benefits?
- Full Windows OS Support
- P2V (Physical to Virtual) Migration
- Migration without rebooting Windows – Hot processing of locked (in-use) hard disks lets you migrate a computer without rebooting and interrupting Windows.
- P2V Adjust OS by troubleshooting startup problems.
- Smart Driver Injector
- Performance – Paragon Go Virtual is nearly 20% faster than other utilities
- Selection of virtual hardware
- Migration of offline systems
- Allows you to have a backup of your operating system (virtually)
- Test software and tools
With my system, it took approximately 45 minutes to create the virtual file. Here are some screenshots.
