I've just come across an awesome little tool called VMDK2VHD. VMDK2VHD converts VMware virtual hard disks (VMDK) into Microsoft VHDs. The download contains 3 files total 112K - you just run the VMDK2VHD.EXE ...nice!
Anyway I've run through a conversion and it worked a treat. I used the 'Dugie-thumb-in-the-air' guide below:
- 'Scrub' the VMware Image using the first half of that very fine guide from Chris Wolf over at SearchServerVirtualization.com
- Use VMDK2VHD to convert the VMDK virtual disk to to a VHD
- Create a new VMC with roughly the same hardware (IDE drives, etc, etc) in Virtual PC 2007
- Attach your newly created and converted VHD
- Power up you new VMC, login and wait (a few minutes) for *all* the new hardware to be detected
- I clicked cancel to the new hardware driver wizard
- I also clicked no to the reboot - hey livin on the edge here
- Install the Virtual Machine additions (v13.724)
- Reboot
- Let the hardware wizard run
- Tada!
The VMDK was 1,986 Mb and it converted to a 2,001 Mb VHD in about 15 minutes on my aging T41p laptop. Overall with VM reboots, coffee, etc, etc the whole conversion took about 40 minutes.
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