I Need A New Computer

[JohnFul]

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

[DeltaV]

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http://seekingalpha.com/article/194358- ... urce=email

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Tech support: Andrew asked Prasad about technical support. What happens when all of this in-cabin technology needs fixing? Prasad outlined a multi-front effort. For starters, Ford has a partnership with Best Buy’s Geek Squad for Sync issues and things like Bluetooth problems.

One of the more interesting uses of all this technology would be cars that are continuously sending information to the cloud. For instance, Prasad painted a scenario where Ford could aggregate information as customers turned on wipers and fog lights. That data aggregated could provide a warning to other Ford drivers that visibility was about to get bad. “Every vehicle will start expressing itself,” explained Prasad. “There is the crowdsourcing of people, but the crowdsourcing of machines hasn’t really happened yet.”

I was thinking of buying a Mustang, but now I'm having second thoughts. Fortunately, I know how to rip this kind of Big Brother crap out of a car, but it would be just my luck that the Engine Control Module would then hang, waiting for the Cloud Computing Interface to acknowledge receipt of data packets.

Beware of Hackers Controlling Your Automobile

[MSimon]

My friend Eric at

http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives ... alist.html

has some interesting things to say about bringing old machines to life.

More here:

http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives ... etter.html

http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives ... _whip.html