Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:52 pm
VMware has a P2V tool. Unless you plan on using the stripped down ESXi, it's not free. XEN is free. Hyper-V is free, Virtualbox OSE is free. If you're used to unix/linux, you'd probably go with XEN or Virtualbox.
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/produ ... tID=683148
http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v-server ... fault.aspx
http://www.vmware.com/support/product-support/esxi/
Although your old system is dead, if the hard drive still works you can put it in a USB dock. Most new systems can boot from USB, you just need to set the boot order. It'll likely have a few driver issues and load defaults, but you could probably get it to work that way.
If you have a backup that is a bootable image, then just load the image in a new VM. If it's some other kind of backup, please describe what you're trying to do, and I'll be glad to help.
J
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/produ ... tID=683148
http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v-server ... fault.aspx
http://www.vmware.com/support/product-support/esxi/
Although your old system is dead, if the hard drive still works you can put it in a USB dock. Most new systems can boot from USB, you just need to set the boot order. It'll likely have a few driver issues and load defaults, but you could probably get it to work that way.
If you have a backup that is a bootable image, then just load the image in a new VM. If it's some other kind of backup, please describe what you're trying to do, and I'll be glad to help.
J