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Operating Systems Linux Fedora Creating Windows 7 image to run in VirtualBox Post 302741585 by jimbob01 on Sunday 9th of December 2012 08:32:28 AM

12-09-2012

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Thanks for your reply, DukeNuke2.

I've read that before, and found it a good starting point. However, I am still a bit confused!

My hard drive is 500GB, and I only need say around 50GB for the image for Windows. But, if I use the 'dd' command, then am I right in thinking that this will copy the entire drive and not only the partition where Windows is installed ? Is it possible to only image the partition that contains Windows or am I better using a third party utility for this ?

Thanks for any help

Jim

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