[clue-tech] ghost / virtual machine

[David L. Anselmi]

Patrick H. wrote:
> What youre talking about may be possible. If the PC with the failing 
> drive was running windows, then no, youre stuck. Windows does not like 
> having its hardware changed and will freak out when you load it into a VM.

Actually, you can set up additional hardware profiles in Windows that 
will allow the same drive to work in different "machines".  Directions 
on doing this to run a physical disk in a VM are at:

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws45/doc/disks_profiles_ws.html#1046333

but the same process should work to move a drive between computers. 
You'd have to set up the second profile before moving it though.

Dave