From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: September 02, 2008
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: VM off of an actual hard drive?
>
> Leo,
> I have a laptop that appears to have a hardware issue. I have removed
> the hard drive (which i know is working) and put it into an external
> usb caddy. What i would like to do is to plug this drive into another
> pc via usb, and to be able to open up this drive as a virtual machine.
> is this possible, and if so how? (i can easily access all the files on
> the drive, but really need to be able to load up the drive as a working
> os system)
I'm actually not aware of a VM approach that works that way.
The ones I'm familiar with all need to create their own disk
image in their own way.
However what you're suggesting certainly makes sense. I'd check
with VM providers like VMWare and Parallels and see if, perhaps,
they offer that as a feature somewhere.
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Thanks for asking,
Leo Notenboom
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