[GRLUG] Windows XP from dualboot to VirtualBox

[Dan Taylor]

On 07/30/2011 03:18 PM, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> I've got an old computer with an old Fedora and Windows XP in a dualboot
> setup.
>
> I want to move the XP to a VirtualBox VM on a Windows 7 box.
>
> I made a .tib of the XP C:\ partition with Acronis (older version) onto
> an external HDD.
>
> I then connected the HDD to my Win7 box used a current version of
> Acronis to convert the tib to a vhd.
>
> I then used that vhd to create a VM in VB on the Win7 box. 
>
> When I tried to start the new VM I got this error: "GRUB Geom Error_".
>
> It came to me that this may have to do with the dual-boot setting of the
> XP partition. But what would be the workaround?
>
> I'm thiking that I should uninstall the Fedora and get the Windows
> install free of GRUB. But how would I do that? I want to save this
> installation because of old programs running on it.
>
> Thanks.
Mount an XP CD in VirtualBox with that XP vhd mounted and get into the
recovery console and use fixboot / fixmbr

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