2

Possible Duplicate:
Booting into a Virtual Machine from a physical installation

I have 2 bootable hard-disks. One runs Windows 8 and the other runs Ubuntu 12.10. My primary OS would be Windows 8. Can I use VirtualBox to create a virtual machine, and make it boot from the 2nd hard-disk while I am running Windows from the 1st hard-disk and vice-versa?

While trying to create a Virtual machine, I can't see an option to choose the second hard-disk.

I guess, I could convert the physical partition to a virtual disk first, and use it to create a new virtual machine. But, would the changes made to the Virtual disk, persist, if I boot into Ubuntu outside the Virtual machine?

Community
  • 1
Kumar Bibek
  • 436
  • 1
  • 7
  • 19
  • Seems to be the VHD should obviously be independent of your actual install. – Karan Nov 01 '12 at 19:39
  • I'm not sure, but try to change drive letters using `Run` -> `diskmgmt.msc` – Searush Nov 01 '12 at 19:57
  • I could do that. But then, sometimes, I don't want to run any OS on VM. I do my development on Linux and Windows. Sometimes, it's a pain to restart to switch OSes. But, I think, I do know that I am asking for a lot. :) – Kumar Bibek Nov 01 '12 at 20:04

0 Answers0