transfer windows on parallels to virtualbox

So inside your virtual machine, use what ever mechanism is available to you (programs add/remove, etc) to remove these tools. You will have to reboot the Virtual Machine after you do this. Also when you reboot, the machine will most likely not be as you had it – with a different (basic) screen resolution etc. Also, big note and kind of a gotcha! … once you remove parallel tools, you no longer have access to shared drives on the host … this means if you have downloaded the converter (next step) onto a shared folder, boom, you’re caught and need to find a way to get that installer into the virtual machine to move to the next step. Step 3 – install and run Virtual box converter In my case I copied the installer onto a USB key and then used parallels menu to give the USB device access to the virtual machine, so I could import it in. How to convert virtualbox vm to vmware install# So, whats this installer thingy … well, the nice folk over at VMWare have produced a very useful tool known as the ‘Virtual Machine Converter’. To get a FREE copy (we like free, right?), you need to go to the VMWare site, sign up/open an account (don’t worry, its free), and download. Here’s the link to download it… its about 180 mb so go click before you continue! How to convert virtualbox vm to vmware free# How to convert virtualbox vm to vmware download# When its installed, you need to tell it to its convert thing … here’s how to get to that stage…įirst, startup the converter *inside* the virtual machine itself. Once its running, click on ‘convert machine’ How to convert virtualbox vm to vmware how to# Next, we need to tell it what to convert – in this case it is ‘this machine’ (ie: the one you are running it inside … obvious really?!).

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Transfer windows on parallels to virtualbox