How to convert a Physical Machine to a Hyper-V Virtual Machine (P2V)

※ Disk2vhd

• Download it following this –
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415.aspx

• Disk2vhd Supports the following guest operating systems –
  Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1, and higher, including x64 systems.

1. Run the Disk2vhd.
2. Select name and location for the new virtual machine.
3. Choose a Hard drive which convert to VHD.

- If there are more than 2 partitions, make .vhd image all of them.
- If there is not enough space, choose another computer in the same network.
- Virtual PC supports a maximum virtual disk size of 127GB. If you create a VHD from a larger disk it will not be accessible from a Virtual PC VM.

※ Import to Hyper-V

1. Run the Hyper-V.
   
2. Click right button on user’s computer name, and then select New – Virtual Machine.
   
3. The wizard introduces what will do in this wizard. – Click Next.
   
4. Choose a Virtual Machine’s name. – Click Next.
   
5. The Virtual Machine needs memory. User can change the memory size after installation (1024MB = 1GB, 2048MB = 2GB). – Click Next.
   
6. Network Settings – You could setup the Network to be
   a) Internal – The virtual Machines configured would not be able to communicate with the host or outside the Virtual network.
   b) External – The Virtual Machines configured would be able to communicate with the host, host network and other Virtual Machines configured for External Network.
   
7. Connect VHD image to new Virtual Machine. – Click Next.
   
8. The wizard will show the summary what you set. – Click Finish.
   
9. Now, Hyper-V Manager has Virtual Machine. Click right button on the Virtual Machine. -> Connect.