There are many softwares available in the market to make your PC into a virtual machine with a completely new OS (Operating System) like VMware. But today, I will make a small post on how to create a virtual OS of the OS you are currently using without starting from a scratch. (It will be a snapshot and none of your data will be deleted.

Disk2VHD is a small little program that will help you to make a virtual operating system in just a few minutes. It will convert your entire PC into a Microsoft Virtual PC virtual machine. The catch is that it will only run on Microsoft Virtual PC but that’s not a major issue since it is free.

This program doesn’t require any installation, just double click and you are off. Due to this, you can also make a copy or a backup of this software on your pen drive for easy portability. Since it is using the snapshot feature, there is no risk in loosing your precious data and various PC boots and restarts. When you create a virtual drive, be sure to create it on a new partition where no OS has been installed. Even creating it on a external hard disk will do. The maximum capacity of the virtual drive is 127GB, so if you have a bigger hard disk, this program will not work in your case.

There are many benefits of using a virtual machine. First, in case you get a virus attack, you can just switch back to the earlier OS without any damages or data loss. Second, you can create a backup of your data for future uses. People who want to virtualize the computer just for testing may also use it.

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