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Has anyone managed to virtualize Windows 7 on a physical disk?

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Mar 15, 20261446 views
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I have Windows 7 installed on a partition and running fine, but I want to access the parition from my Ubuntu installation with VirtualBox. I have created the virtual disk file and everything, but Windows gives me a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) after a bit of loading with (it can't find the disk or s…

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error 0000007B

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I have managed to get Windows to boot. Basically, what happens is that all disk drivers (except the one you actually need) are disabled when booting, so when you get Windows in a VM it is unable to read its own disk. To fix this, just follow the adv…

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