Run another partition virtually in Linux?

[highflyer]

Hi

I'm running a dual boot XP - Mint on my laptop, I currently use XP virtually in Mint aswell using virtualbox. For this I had to re-install XP in virtualbox.
Is there a way to use my XP partition virtually (with all the software and settings) so that I do not have to re-install everything in a virtual environment?


Thanks!

[DrHu]

You can run virtualbox against an active windows partition, but you have to be careful
--also it will depend on which windows OS version you are using

The best place to check is the virtualbox forums

Some examples..
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/lofiversio ... 13309.html
http://en.opensuse.org/VirtualBox

[highflyer]

You can run virtualbox against an active windows partition, but you have to be careful

Could you tell me what the risks are of doing so?

rgards

[deleted]

It's really much easier if you export the partition to a virtual machine.
Search the Mint forums, I talked about how it can be done. I've done it and use it everyday.
-Hinto