>>>>In a recent article I read that VirtualBox and VMWare can run the VM's of the other Vm systems (the files of the "other" versions) but I have not tried that. Meaning you have a fully configured VirtualPC under Win7 and the need to run that specific VM under linux host OS, you could fire up VirtualBox and point it to the VirtualPC files. Now if that were possible with the XP-Mode files as well...
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>>>Did the article state anything about VirtualBox or VMWare being able utilize files from VirtualPC?
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>>Almost certain - if VirtualPC files had not been in the list of VM's runnable I am sure I would have remembered to qualify as
>>"circle a wide area around it", but I have the issue currently not at hand. Probability ~85%
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>Just tried VMWare Player with a VirtualPC VM files. It loaded it -- though it required reloading of device drivers (it apears to have different hardware than what VirtualPC used). Where you might run into a snag -- at least with the XPMode VM -- is that there might be something in the boot code that looks for specific ROM-BIOS "signature" (something I'd seen on customized copies of Windows on some "name-brand" computers).

If you can follow tech german, heise is usually an excellwent resource.

http://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Reanimation-289830.html

this is not the article I remeber - there is somewhere a tool which can be used to prepare
the "old" machine for better importing while staying runnable.