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Imagine you want your [[lapTop]] to run in a [[virtual machine]], maybe because you want to try some changes, maybe because you want to sell it. That's what this article is about. Your notebook can be on [[Windows]] or [[Linux]], no matter.
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= How to =
 
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* Boot the computer you want to virtualize [[booting from usb|from usb]] or from [[knoppix]].
 
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* Use a [[USB]] [[disk]] to store an image of your computer's [[hard disk]]:
 
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dd if=''/dev/sda'' of=''/hdimage.img''
 
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This can be used if your harddisk is ''/dev/sda'' and you want your [[image]] [[file]] at ''/hdimage.img''.
 
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* Download and [[install]] [[vmWare]] on your host computer.
 
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* use qemu-img from the [[qemu]] [[package]] to transform your harddisk image to a vmware image:
 
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qemu-img /mnt/usb/hdimage.img -O vmdk /hdimage.vmdk
 
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* you can now use your vmware image to boot your virtual guest computer.
 
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