VirtualBox Ubuntu host with existing Vista

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David Rosenstrauch wrote:
> I've been trying to get my XP partition to boot using VirtualBox raw disk
> for some time now (as well as natively from the partition).  Although it
> "works" and I'm able to boot the OS, the problem is Windows Activation
> (WPA).  Any time I boot the Win guest it tells me I need to re-activate
> Windows, but it never works no matter my using the right activation code. 
> (Apparently there's some issue where activation works differently on OEM
> versions of Windows.)  Never been able to work around it.  If you figure
> it out, please let me know!
> 
> DR
> 
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Subject: Re: VirtualBox Ubuntu host with existing Vista

http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17981&sid=8a519f563947d94375200c834a407d78

Per the above link it appears that it is not necessary to 
clone the installed system. Also, if you read through you 
will find they address the OEM issue. This forum has a 
wealth of information.



Good luck



Jim KR