[GRLUG] VirtualBox question

[John-Thomas Richards]

My laptop came with a restore partition for another OS.  I would like to
install this operating system in a virtual machine with VirtualBox.  My
Google-fu is failing me because all I can find is references to
installing a virtual machine *into* a physical partition, not installing
a virtual machine *from* a physical partition.  Anyone here have a clue
if this is possible?
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john-thomas
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