wow, just wow. been looking for a video and there is none...totally absolutely none video about virtual to physical. thanks dude. heading to do above, hopefully no errors will be encounted
I had some old industrial software on a virtual machine because it only works will with windows XP.. Was looking for a way to do exactly what you described here. Thanks a million!
What's an amazing software This is my scenario 1. I took old ghost image from Dell T3500 from 2016 2. Convert this image to VMDK for use then i thought how can i convert back to physical machine (at this point i don't have any clue on Macrium) 3. Follow your instruction and convert back VM (took from Dell T3500) to Laptop Dell Latitude. All work perfectly
Is it required to put the old system on virtual machine first and create a backup from that virtual machine? then restore to physical machine? I have the old system, but I want to see if I can back it up directly from old system and restore directly to another new modern day system.
This helps a LOT!! I HATE having to install windows AND programs 1 by 1 PER PC!! With this method yes, I will still have to go to each PC 1 at a time but I don't need to stay at the computer installing programs! And also if sombody BREAKS the computer I can re image it with the VM I made long ago
Is there any way to make a VM from old computer hard drives. Over years as I upgraded computers, I have saved the Hard drives before throwing out the Computer. I have discs with Windows 95, XP etc with files old arcade games etc. Is there any way to turn those into Virtual Machines?
i may be incorrect, considering u have to manually select driver for each device in device manager for installation, would it better if u install all those drivers in the VHD beforehand, then turn into a image ?
How do I know which drivers I need? For example, I'm trying to install Windows Vista on a Toshiba Portege M400 Tablet PC, but the website lists 72 drivers. A lot of them are different versions of the BIOS.
Thanks.. I would like to do this process for my ubuntu virtual machine running in vmware and run it in a raspberry pi or another physical machine. Would you be able to help here?
Thank you so much for the amazing video. I’ve a linux OS image cloned as *.vdi file on my PC, and I want to install it on another PC that doesn’t have any OS. Does your approach in the video can also works smoothly ! Please reply me as soon as possible. Yours.
One thing to copy windows to another different machine but what about that windows linense it will trip up activation required if it see different hardware ids?
One doubt bro. Will this method work on a machine having a OS and trying to do dual booting system. For instance, I am planning to get a Windows 7 on a second drive partition of system that has windows 10 running
Yes it is. Make a Windows VM and install Macrium. If you have UEFI, install Windows 8 or 10. If you have Legacy/CSM, install Windows 7, 8, or 10. Now connect your USB to your VM. Create Rescue Media in the VM. Boot the USB on your Linux machine. You will boot into Windows. Click the backup tab, connect your hard drive, and do everything shown on here (4:16). Now go to your other computer, and do everything shown here (6:40). Now, if you are trying to clone a Linux VM onto physical hardware, set up a Windows 7/8/10 and Linux dualboot. Install Macrium on Windows, and do everything shown on here (4:16) but don't backup your Windows drive. Now go to your other computer, and do everything shown here (6:40).
This is a great video, but I need to do this process with a virtual windows server to physical Macrium doesn't run on windows server! what else can I use ??
Thank you , Could you please tell me when the physical server's harddisk is cloned from the image ,does it deletes / clear all the data if the hard disk contains . Also how about product key / activation part , which you did not cover in this .Please reply to my query.
Didn't work for me on windows xp. I believe this would only work with newer operating systems such as Windows 10 which fixes all the boot up issues. I myself were trying to do this with an old windows xp system with IDE drive (yes I know damn old!) to move to a new modern day system, but it failed (stuck on that "go to last known configuration" screen (if anyone knows a repair script or whatever to change the bootup "priority" please let me know). I'm going to try with macrium reflect redeploy (full version) which supposedly is supposed to work with restoring to dissimilar hardware. Do you think restoring an old backup via virtual machine first would fix this issue by backing that up and restoring it? Thanks again.
What if ther is a deffirenc between both hardwares . If wanna ask about to migrate a virtual machine having very complicated softwares from my Siemens pg a programming laptop to a HMI? I tried to take image of running Windows with acronis true image but window didnot booted. Please help.
THANKS MR CHARLIE, My VM installed with 4 GB RAM. But physical machine carries 8GB RAM. After doing V2P, Does it show 4GB RAM or 8GB RAM ? Do we need to do anything on physical machine to utilise the 8GB RAM installed. Would you share your feedback.
Great tutorial, I do have an issue when I fix the windows boot, I get all green ticks apart from updating partition boot sector which has a red cross and the system wont boot. Any ideas?
how to clone centOs virtual machne to physical/real computer? does macrium reflect can be instal inside the unix machine or do we have any alternative.
If you use the same hardware then you don't need drivers...but with different hardware you need and also you'll face is activation problems for Windows
Hello I have a windows server vps on external hosting company. My need for this server will stop soon. Is there any way to clone this server to VM virtualbox, and use it on my local PC? Thank you
Do both of your computers support boot from USB? Are they machines from 1999-2004? If so, follow these steps: 1. Install Macrium Reflect on a computer with at least Windows XP or Vista. 2. Click on Other Tasks > "Create Rescue Media" 3. Click Advanced. 4. Click on "Options" *You must select x86, otherwise it will NOT boot* 5. Click on "Choose Base WIM" *You must select Windows PE 3.1, as 4.0 and up likely* *won't work on your 98 machines, because they are based on Windows 8.0+, and 8.0+* *requires PAE and SSX2 support, which your 98 PC likely doesn't have* *Your computers must support Windows 7, or this will not work* 6. Click "OK" > "Build". If you can't create a USB, make an ISO and burn it in Rufus with UEFI-CSM. 7. Boot from the USB on your 98 machine. Connect an external hard drive and follow these steps from 4:16. 8. Now go to your other machine and boot the USB. Connect the same external hard drive to the computer you wish to clone the hard disk on your 98 machine to and follow these steps from 6:40. Now reboot and Windows should boot.
how do i do the opiset thing of what ever ytou dide... i want to clone a HDD to a VM to run on another PC! its been about 24 hours i have been trying to figure this out.... BLUE SCREEN ERRORS AHHH!!!
its depend on data , If its just data files you can copy to external drive and past it no need to clone but if you have data link to 1st partition then you have to clone both..
The same way?? Use a bootable acronis boot disk.. or better yet, hook up the portable HDD and boot off using CloneZilla, that works best when imagine linux builds, for me at any rate. I've managed to migrate from USB to SDD and SDD to USB
Do what he does but reverse it. Install Macrium on your host. Backup your hard drive and store the backup on an external hard drive. Make an ISO Rescue Media and boot it on the VM. Then, connect your external hard drive and restore your host on your VM with Macrium. Then reboot.
I see you are good on this, Kindly make me understand, are you saying I can clone and everything on my VM unto a physical computer. what about from a physical computer to another computer?
If you want to do it from one computer to another computer, its the same thing. Just treat the first computer as he treats the VM. Create an image of the first computer, put it onto an external hard driver or flash drive, make a flash drive for Macrium Reflect recovery media, put both of them in the second computer, boot into Macrium Reflect, and use the image you made on the first computer. It's all of the exact same steps, just creating an image of the real computer instead of a VM.
Try setting up a Windows 7/8/10 and Linux dualboot (or install 8 or 10 on a VM). Install Macrium on Windows, and do everything shown on here (4:16) but don't backup your Windows drive. Now go to your other computer, and do everything shown here (6:40).
I followed your steps and everything worked well, but I got the 7B BLUE SCREEN upon startup. Changing the IDE/ATAPI modes did not work for me. This advice that I found on the web from Jonie Evangelista did work - "I know this is an old Q, but no one can deny that there are still a lot of WinXP users out there. it just happens that I was able to fix a Chinese version of this :) use Hiren's Boot CD, boot with Windows Emulator, 1st on the list once you're in, Start > Registry Tools > fix hard disk controller it is safe to play with the 3 choices, just map the target anyway - c:\Windows restart...you should get your WinXp running again. "
What the point here folks - If the OS in the VM can't connect to internet - then you're dead in the water. You probably don't have this OS, that's why you went the VM route to start with. Case in point, Win98SE won't work in VM on 64 bit machine - so what makes you think it's going to work on same same machine already running Windows 7 Professional (lets say).?. There may be an exception where we have an inverse transformation in the PC manifold but that's more of an anomaly. JMHO.
I have Mac OS Catalina On my Virtual machine ON VIrtualBox with windows 10! Fully Codded and working great!!. I want to image that, is their a way to do this? So I can install it On My Windows PC? Legacy as the main OS? I just need away to image it so i can install the image into the PC possibly using CLONEZILLA. Any help is Greatly appreciated, If any one else wants to learn what im doing and join me, please pm me, or comment below :)
Nice but can you do virtual to physical or physical to physical of Linux system over a network or without using third party program will be appreciated and I can learn from that too Thank you
bro..!! The software which you mentioned in this video is not free to use in Windows server. Please help if there is any procedure to clone WinServer VM to a physical machine. (for a home testing lab)
Great tutorial! Thanks for the help, this was very useful for me in getting older operating systems from my virtual machine onto a real computer.
this would be insanely helpful for making an easy deployment for loads of computers if the normal way isn't available
wow, just wow. been looking for a video and there is none...totally absolutely none video about virtual to physical. thanks dude. heading to do above, hopefully no errors will be encounted
I had some old industrial software on a virtual machine because it only works will with windows XP.. Was looking for a way to do exactly what you described here. Thanks a million!
Were you able to transfer the windows xp onto a modern day ssd? or did you still have to use a platter drive?
@@douglascha509 I used an older computer with a platter drive. Never tried SSD.
What's an amazing software
This is my scenario
1. I took old ghost image from Dell T3500 from 2016
2. Convert this image to VMDK for use then i thought how can i convert back to physical machine (at this point i don't have any clue on Macrium)
3. Follow your instruction and convert back VM (took from Dell T3500) to Laptop Dell Latitude.
All work perfectly
This was most helpful for me to recover an image of computer that had some really old software and transfer it to a new physical machine. thank you.
Is it required to put the old system on virtual machine first and create a backup from that virtual machine? then restore to physical machine? I have the old system, but I want to see if I can back it up directly from old system and restore directly to another new modern day system.
This helps a LOT!! I HATE having to install windows AND programs 1 by 1 PER PC!! With this method yes, I will still have to go to each PC 1 at a time but I don't need to stay at the computer installing programs! And also if sombody BREAKS the computer I can re image it with the VM I made long ago
Perfect, thanks a bunch! In my case I wanted to switch a Linux VM I've been using for ages to an old laptop, and it worked like a charm.
Glad to see this method still works, because I made this video years ago!!
This worked to bring a windows 10 Parallels VM to a new AMD computer I just built, thank you!
men... you´re the best, greetings from Venezuela.
It always good to have a backup PC!
Is there any way to make a VM from old computer hard drives.
Over years as I upgraded computers, I have saved the Hard drives before throwing out the Computer. I have discs with Windows 95, XP etc with files old arcade games etc. Is there any way to turn those into Virtual Machines?
Yea you just use your virtual box, hyper-v variety. But I believe you need the bootcd/boot drive of that system when you made a back up.
The method still working. Thanks, buddy!
i may be incorrect, considering u have to manually select driver for each device in device manager for installation, would it better if u install all those drivers in the VHD beforehand, then turn into a image ?
How do I know which drivers I need? For example, I'm trying to install Windows Vista on a Toshiba Portege M400 Tablet PC, but the website lists 72 drivers. A lot of them are different versions of the BIOS.
Thanks.. I would like to do this process for my ubuntu virtual machine running in vmware and run it in a raspberry pi or another physical machine. Would you be able to help here?
Thank you so much for the amazing video. I’ve a linux OS image cloned as *.vdi file on my PC, and I want to install it on another PC that doesn’t have any OS. Does your approach in the video can also works smoothly ! Please reply me as soon as possible. Yours.
+Tech Guy Charlie what hp desktop do you have?
Does the external HDD need to be empty or is it ok if there is other data on it?
it can be re-size it with Marcrium but your method of re-size is better thanks man.
It's same hardware Id???
One thing to copy windows to another different machine but what about that windows linense it will trip up activation required if it see different hardware ids?
It indeed will, you can just continue using Windows as it is with activate windows watermark.
How do you automate/ how can you incorporate PXE. Try running a pxe server with the image you just created. An push it with scripts
Bro will it copy specifications also
How can I download all the relevant drivers for any os?
Hi, there is no need of sysprep?
Can you post an updated version of this video. much appreciated @techguycharlie
One doubt bro. Will this method work on a machine having a OS and trying to do dual booting system. For instance, I am planning to get a Windows 7 on a second drive partition of system that has windows 10 running
Hello what about a linux VM os. how can we do this as well?
how about Linux system, is it possible using macrium?
Yes it is. Make a Windows VM and install Macrium. If you have UEFI, install Windows 8 or 10. If you have Legacy/CSM, install Windows 7, 8, or 10. Now connect your USB to your VM. Create Rescue Media in the VM. Boot the USB on your Linux machine. You will boot into Windows. Click the backup tab, connect your hard drive, and do everything shown on here (4:16). Now go to your other computer, and do everything shown here (6:40). Now, if you are trying to clone a Linux VM onto physical hardware, set up a Windows 7/8/10 and Linux dualboot. Install Macrium on Windows, and do everything shown on here (4:16) but don't backup your Windows drive. Now go to your other computer, and do everything shown here (6:40).
This is a great video, but I need to do this process with a virtual windows server to physical Macrium doesn't run on windows server! what else can I use ??
How about V2P for Windows 98 SE (retro gaming use case) ?
Thank you ,
Could you please tell me when the physical server's harddisk is cloned from the image ,does it deletes / clear all the data if the hard disk contains . Also how about product key / activation part , which you did not cover in this .Please reply to my query.
Product key you can recovery 1st using utility ,for activation you need to reactivate it because of hardware change..
Didn't work for me on windows xp. I believe this would only work with newer operating systems such as Windows 10 which fixes all the boot up issues. I myself were trying to do this with an old windows xp system with IDE drive (yes I know damn old!) to move to a new modern day system, but it failed (stuck on that "go to last known configuration" screen (if anyone knows a repair script or whatever to change the bootup "priority" please let me know). I'm going to try with macrium reflect redeploy (full version) which supposedly is supposed to work with restoring to dissimilar hardware. Do you think restoring an old backup via virtual machine first would fix this issue by backing that up and restoring it? Thanks again.
how do I do this but with a Raspbian vm running via Hyper-V? I really need this for my data server project.
What if ther is a deffirenc between both hardwares . If wanna ask about to migrate a virtual machine having very complicated softwares from my Siemens pg a programming laptop to a HMI? I tried to take image of running Windows with acronis true image but window didnot booted. Please help.
Can i do it for mac os
THANKS MR CHARLIE, My VM installed with 4 GB RAM. But physical machine carries 8GB RAM. After doing V2P, Does it show 4GB RAM or 8GB RAM ? Do we need to do anything on physical machine to utilise the 8GB RAM installed. Would you share your feedback.
Great tutorial, I do have an issue when I fix the windows boot, I get all green ticks apart from updating partition boot sector which has a red cross and the system wont boot. Any ideas?
Can you share video or steps for Linux VM
Where to download the drivers?
Hi brother, can you please do a video on Linux VMs ? Both on Hyper-V and Virtual box?
Thanks bro
how to clone centOs virtual machne to physical/real computer? does macrium reflect can be instal inside the unix machine or do we have any alternative.
im wondering about this as well
Question: If i use a Clone as a Second Operating System, do i need the Drivers?
If you use the same hardware then you don't need drivers...but with different hardware you need and also you'll face is activation problems for Windows
Hello
I have a windows server vps on external hosting company. My need for this server will stop soon.
Is there any way to clone this server to VM virtualbox, and use it on my local PC?
Thank you
can i try this for windows 11 ;) ?
I don’t think anyone has the answer for what I have to do. I have an older version of Windows to clone for an older computer (I need 98 for a PC)
Do both of your computers support boot from USB? Are they machines from 1999-2004? If so, follow these steps:
1. Install Macrium Reflect on a computer with at least Windows XP or Vista.
2. Click on Other Tasks > "Create Rescue Media"
3. Click Advanced.
4. Click on "Options" *You must select x86, otherwise it will NOT boot*
5. Click on "Choose Base WIM" *You must select Windows PE 3.1, as 4.0 and up likely* *won't work on your 98 machines, because they are based on Windows 8.0+, and 8.0+* *requires PAE and SSX2 support, which your 98 PC likely doesn't have*
*Your computers must support Windows 7, or this will not work*
6. Click "OK" > "Build". If you can't create a USB, make an ISO and burn it in Rufus with UEFI-CSM.
7. Boot from the USB on your 98 machine. Connect an external hard drive and follow these steps from 4:16.
8. Now go to your other machine and boot the USB. Connect the same external hard drive to the computer you wish to clone the hard disk on your 98 machine to and follow these steps from 6:40. Now reboot and Windows should boot.
Doesn't seem to work.. I keep looping to the Windows failed to start giving the different options like safe mode etc. Frustrating.
how do i do the opiset thing of what ever ytou dide... i want to clone a HDD to a VM to run on another PC! its been about 24 hours i have been trying to figure this out.... BLUE SCREEN ERRORS AHHH!!!
that was great and thank you very much. can you please tell me that can we do this for Linux Operating System (RedHat) ?
What if we have two partition in virtual window and need both
its depend on data , If its just data files you can copy to external drive and past it no need to clone but if you have data link to 1st partition then you have to clone both..
Thanks Man, i am from Brazil !!!
Hold up can I do this for a OSX VM?
Yes you can
And how does this work with a linux system as a vm?
The same way?? Use a bootable acronis boot disk.. or better yet, hook up the portable HDD and boot off using CloneZilla, that works best when imagine linux builds, for me at any rate. I've managed to migrate from USB to SDD and SDD to USB
bro from vhd client image from ccboot to real computer
Great Tuto man!! Solved my migration problem
My rescue USB wouldn't boot, any thoughts?
Try making an ISO, then put it on the USB with Rufus. Or install Windows 7/8/10, then install Reflect, then add Macrium to the boot menu.
Hi can it clone Linux server pc to virtual
Will it work on XP?
This program can backup AND restore ANY operating systems. You could even back up Linux or Mac OS.
Thanks for information 💓💓💓
Thanks bro,you really help solve my problems
I want to do the opposite; physical cloned to virtual. ANy ideas?
Depends on the destination format. VMware has a tool called Standalone Converter. If you have VMware Workstation you can do it from the menu.
Do what he does but reverse it. Install Macrium on your host. Backup your hard drive and store the backup on an external hard drive. Make an ISO Rescue Media and boot it on the VM. Then, connect your external hard drive and restore your host on your VM with Macrium. Then reboot.
Great video! Thanks. Just what I needed
I see you are good on this, Kindly make me understand, are you saying I can clone and everything on my VM unto a physical computer. what about from a physical computer to another computer?
If you want to do it from one computer to another computer, its the same thing. Just treat the first computer as he treats the VM. Create an image of the first computer, put it onto an external hard driver or flash drive, make a flash drive for Macrium Reflect recovery media, put both of them in the second computer, boot into Macrium Reflect, and use the image you made on the first computer.
It's all of the exact same steps, just creating an image of the real computer instead of a VM.
Can't I just choose to clone the disk instead
Nice video friend! Thank you for sharing the video.👍😎JP
can you clone windows server
Yes you can but need to activate after cloning , I do all the time to save time for installation.
Thanks a lot ! This really helped me.
Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
Perfect works like a charm , thanks alot
Great video tut bro.!
Thanks for help! It worked like charm
which version of windows you tried on ?
@@ahmedjoo1858 Windows 7.. but I'm sure works on other OS'es too
i have install kali linux in vmware i want to transfer it to my pc in free space
Try setting up a Windows 7/8/10 and Linux dualboot (or install 8 or 10 on a VM). Install Macrium on Windows, and do everything shown on here (4:16) but don't backup your Windows drive. Now go to your other computer, and do everything shown here (6:40).
Sadly, this doesn't work with non-Windows OSs
At least backing up is done differently.
I followed your steps and everything worked well, but I got the 7B BLUE SCREEN upon startup. Changing the IDE/ATAPI modes did not work for me. This advice that I found on the web from Jonie Evangelista did work -
"I know this is an old Q, but no one can deny that there are still a lot of WinXP users out there.
it just happens that I was able to fix a Chinese version of this :)
use Hiren's Boot CD, boot with Windows Emulator, 1st on the list
once you're in, Start > Registry Tools > fix hard disk controller
it is safe to play with the 3 choices, just map the target anyway - c:\Windows
restart...you should get your WinXp running again. "
I have same problem
good job Charlie
Good tuto, man!
Thanks
Well done bro, cheers
What the point here folks - If the OS in the VM can't connect to internet - then you're dead in the water. You probably don't have this OS, that's why you went the VM route to start with. Case in point, Win98SE won't work in VM on 64 bit machine - so what makes you think it's going to work on same same machine already running Windows 7 Professional (lets say).?. There may be an exception where we have an inverse transformation in the PC manifold but that's more of an anomaly. JMHO.
The point is every other case you are not considering
Thanks, good video!
Very Nice.
I have Mac OS Catalina On my Virtual machine ON VIrtualBox with windows 10! Fully Codded and working great!!. I want to image that, is their a way to do this? So I can install it On My Windows PC? Legacy as the main OS? I just need away to image it so i can install the image into the PC possibly using CLONEZILLA.
Any help is Greatly appreciated, If any one else wants to learn what im doing and join me, please pm me, or comment below :)
I REALLY LOVE YOU MAN THANKS
the best video , thanks
Nice but can you do virtual to physical or physical to physical of Linux system over a network or without using third party program will be appreciated and I can learn from that too
Thank you
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good tutorial
I must say it's the best for now I have seen.
great job man, thnx
Thanks
guys use team viewer instead
This is v2p copy
awesome..
Thanks for watching bro!
bro..!! The software which you mentioned in this video is not free to use in Windows server. Please help if there is any procedure to clone WinServer VM to a physical machine. (for a home testing lab)
So it's the same process as a Real Pc LOL
Bro will it copy specifications also
Thanks