[SOLVED] Run an Installed OS through Virtual Machine via USB

Numbnuts · 07-31-2018, 08:28 PM

I have a laptop
It runs Windows 10
I want to keep Windows 10 because it runs necessary programs.
Specifically, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, and a full version of Adobe Acrobat.
What I would like to do is either

1. Take out the hard drive (in this case, it is an SSD) put it in a case, and then plug it in via USB 3.0 and run it as a Virtual Machine, but I don't want to change ANY data on it by making an image or whatnot, or

2. Boot it up from the BIOS, USB 3.0 (but won't I get some errors because I am taking the Hard Drive/SSD out of the HP then booting it in a Toshiba or an Acer?)

Am I derping or just plain wanting to do something real difficult being just a general pain in the arse?

I run MX linux on this computer (Acer), run another one with Lubuntu (Toshiba), Another with Kali (old piece of crap Dell)

BW-userx · 07-31-2018, 08:41 PM

windows booting after you've installed in one one PC then trying to boot it using a different one. the last time I seen Microsoft finger prints the OSes to prevent such things from happening. better off doing that little "trick" using a Linux OS.

ondoho · 08-01-2018, 06:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Numbnuts

I have a laptop
It runs Windows 10
I want to keep Windows 10 because it runs necessary programs.
Specifically, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, and a full version of Adobe Acrobat.
What I would like to do is either

1. Take out the hard drive (in this case, it is an SSD) put it in a case, and then plug it in via USB 3.0 and run it as a Virtual Machine, but I don't want to change ANY data on it by making an image or whatnot, or

2. Boot it up from the BIOS, USB 3.0 (but won't I get some errors because I am taking the Hard Drive/SSD out of the HP then booting it in a Toshiba or an Acer?)

Am I derping or just plain wanting to do something real difficult being just a general pain in the arse?

I run MX linux on this computer (Acer), run another one with Lubuntu (Toshiba), Another with Kali (old piece of crap Dell)

imo, none of this will work.
what is your ultimate goal? being able to run both linux and windows on the same machine?
you cannot just run the installed windows 10 in a vm, so either you run MXLinux in a vm inside windows, or you double boot.
the latter: you will need to create space on the internal hard drive for your mx linux. 10GB should be enough, 50GB would be better. do this from within windows (shrink a "drive" - that's a partition, really - until you have the desired amount of unallocated space. then you can install mx linux on that. be careful not tooverwrite windows.

do some web searches, this stuff has been explained innumerable times, and better than mine.

jefro · 08-01-2018, 01:15 PM

Windows doesn't like HAL changes. It also doesn't like to boot from usb by default unless you have an enterprise level W10 windows to go usb flash too.

Keep Windows 10 and run a vm of linux or a usb install of linux would be better.

Booting to a physical drive is usually not officially supported in VM's but there are ways to do it.