25-09-2022, 09:09 AM
See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysint...s/disk2vhd
I used it to make a clone VM of my 2002 XP laptop for Virtual Box. Getting settings right took a bit of experimentation. The same VM files can be used on Vbox on Win10 or Linux, though Linux can run 32 bit windows programs on WINE directly that don't work on Win10. On Linux now you need to add the 386 arch by
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
otherwise you only get WINE for 64 bit windows, which is pointless.
Virtual Box is MS preferred solution for backward compatibility. Many VB programs that use any OCX won't work on any 64 bit version of Windows (Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11, there are some older 32 bit Win10 for Atom CPUs that are even 64bit because they don't have enough RAM).
Virtual Box is the normal VM solution for Linux. Amazingly Oracle don't charge for it.
If a program works on WINE that's faster and better than a VM.
I have a cheap 4K 24" screen so can run my cloned 2002 XP laptop in the original 1600x12000 resolution. Though I hardly ever do, les than occasional use of an XP program on WINE.. My Win7 and Win10 VMs are not used. Only installed for completeness.
I used it to make a clone VM of my 2002 XP laptop for Virtual Box. Getting settings right took a bit of experimentation. The same VM files can be used on Vbox on Win10 or Linux, though Linux can run 32 bit windows programs on WINE directly that don't work on Win10. On Linux now you need to add the 386 arch by
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
otherwise you only get WINE for 64 bit windows, which is pointless.
Virtual Box is MS preferred solution for backward compatibility. Many VB programs that use any OCX won't work on any 64 bit version of Windows (Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11, there are some older 32 bit Win10 for Atom CPUs that are even 64bit because they don't have enough RAM).
Virtual Box is the normal VM solution for Linux. Amazingly Oracle don't charge for it.
If a program works on WINE that's faster and better than a VM.
I have a cheap 4K 24" screen so can run my cloned 2002 XP laptop in the original 1600x12000 resolution. Though I hardly ever do, les than occasional use of an XP program on WINE.. My Win7 and Win10 VMs are not used. Only installed for completeness.
