Paragon Go Virtual (64-bit)

Paragon Go Virtual allows you to 'turn' the drive on a real machine into a virtual disk file for use in VMware, VirtualBox or Virtual PC virtual machines.

When installing to the Registration section, click Get Free Serial to get a free registration code from the program. You only need to enter the name and email in the web page, then click SUBMIT to receive the registration code via email.

After installation, reboot your computer to finish.
Paragon Go Virtual interface is designed quite bright, with two icons corresponding to two main features:

1. P2V Copy: Create a virtual machine file from the hard drive of the real machine
In the Browse for source disks dialog box, select the partitions to be put into the virtual machine (such as the partition where Windows is installed), and then click Next .

The program will identify the operating system installed on the partition you choose and display under the following OS will be used as guest field . In the Please select a virtual software vendor field , check the virtual machine software that will be used to run the virtual disk file created by Paragon Go Virtual (support for VMware Workstation / VMware Fusion, Microsoft Virtual PC, Oracle VirtualBox). Finished, click Next to continue.

Based on the software running the virtual machine selected above, you need to determine the version of that software in the Virtual machine version (such as VMware Workstation 7.0). Next, you name the virtual machine in the Virtual machine name, select the CPU CPU number for the virtual machine in the CPU number and the amount of RAM memory of the virtual machine in the Memory amount . Finished, click Next .

Next, click Browse in the Where to save the virtual machine dialog box and select the folder on the drive that has enough space to store the virtual disk file. Virtual file size depends on the size of the hard disk on the real computer and is shown in the line All virtual disks will take approx. xGB (x is the total size of the virtual machine). Finally, click Next and wait for the program to create virtual machine files.
Testing on the writer's computer: when 'virtualizing' the partition installing Windows 7 (33.3GB capacity), the processing time of Paragon Go Virtual takes about 1 hour 13 minutes.

Upon seeing the message Completing the P2V copy wizard is complete; Click Finish and then access the folder containing the virtual disk file to check.
Now, just use the corresponding virtual machine software to load the virtual disk file for testing. The result: all the data on the hard drive of the machine is fully present in the virtual machine.

2. P2V Adjust OS: Convert virtual disk file format
If you already have a virtual disk file for VMware but want to use it on VirtualBox's virtual machine, the P2V Adjust OS feature helps you do this. Besides, you can also ask P2V Adjust OS to convert virtual disk files in .vhd format in Windows Vista / 7 to other formats.
In the Browse for virtual disk dialog box, browse to the path containing the existing virtual disk file (such as the .vmdk file for VMware Workstation, the Virtual Box's .vdi file, or the .vhd file of the Virtual PC), then click Next .

The program will recognize the operating system and ask you to select the virtual machine creation software to use. Click Next and rename the virtual machine, customize the CPU multiplier, the amount of RAM for the virtual machine.

Finally, check Yes, apply the changes physically , then Next to Paragon Go Virtual start creating a new virtual disk file compatible with other virtual machine software.

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