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Speedup tip for installing Windooze: How to clone a Windows installation
If you mean an existing Windows Laptop, the answer is yes and no. Unlike Mac OS X or Linux, Windows Hardware Abstraction Layer(HAL) is configured when the OS is first installed. This basically ties the OS to that hardware configuration. Trying to clone it off to another system unless it's identical will lead to problems.
Speedup tip for installing Windooze: How to clone a Windows installation
I have an old PC laptop that I managed to just copy off into Virtual PC. It was a real hacking experience (thanks to this HAL you mention), but no way am I buying ANOTHER Windows license, when I already have one. |
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