If you want to convert a Physical Machine to a Virtual Machine in VirtualBox, follow the three-step procedure mentioned in this article.

This is because the VM is essentially a simulated computer that needs to supply the operating system and applications with the same resources as a physical PC. Only now, all of those resources need to ...

In VMware Player, I had to do the normal steps to create a VM with a virtual disk, but then go back and delete the virtual disk and then add a new disk using the "Use a physical disk" setting.

If you remove the disk of a physical system and hook it up to another running computer via USB or something, is there anyway to somehow convert the disk into a VM? Without actually booting it up ...

VMware rolled out Converter 3 as the latest in its suite of data center tools to allow the conversion of a running physical server into a virtual machine without disrupting users.