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Re: Can "pre installed Windows" on a laptop be used as a VM



Hello,

Two ways:

1) Shrink the partition. Use dd to create an image of the partition and use that for the vm image.

2) If you have the restore DVD you could run it from a VM.

HTH,

Jason M.
On Nov 27, 2022, at 10:51 AM, Mayuresh <mayuresh%acm.org@localhost> wrote:
I have ordered a new laptop and hoping to run NetBSD as primary OS on it
if things go fine. (See my other post on chipset, graphics processor etc.)

This laptop comes with pre-installed Windows. I do not need and do not use
Windows. But since I am being given one, can I just keep the option to use
it open e.g. as a qemu guest on NetBSD (or Linux for that matter). Is
there something I need to do before I wipe out the pre-installed Windows?


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