VIRTUALBOX: How to install MS Windows 10 and let think Windows that it is a real harddisk?
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I guess you cannot do that. At first windows can recognize not only the hard disk, but other parts of the virtualized environment too. From the other hand there is no way to change it, or (at least) you need to know virtualbox well enough to make it simulate the hardware better.
can it be possible to let think Windows that it is a physical disk, but actually fake?
Not really. Windows (and any other OS) will detect the type of the hardware and will use the appropriate driver for that. So in a VM they can detect only the virtualized hardware and can use the driver for that. A driver for real disk cannot work with that virtual disk, therefore faking it will make it useless. Probably you can connect the VM directly to the real disk, it is described here: https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/u...virtualbox-vm/ (for example)
But as it was already explained: the MS license does not depend on it.
Not really. Windows (and any other OS) will detect the type of the hardware and will use the appropriate driver for that. So in a VM they can detect only the virtualized hardware and can use the driver for that. A driver for real disk cannot work with that virtual disk, therefore faking it will make it useless. Probably you can connect the VM directly to the real disk, it is described here: https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/u...virtualbox-vm/ (for example)
But as it was already explained: the MS license does not depend on it.
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You need type 1 hypervisor e.g. KVM (linux kernel). Qemu is type 2 hypervisor so is vbox or vmware.
Best type 1 hypervisor is Qubes OS in my opinion.
Anyway, with type 1 hypervisor windows will have access to bare metal.
You need type 1 hypervisor e.g. KVM (linux kernel). Qemu is type 2 hypervisor so is vbox or vmware.
Best type 1 hypervisor is Qubes OS in my opinion.
Anyway, with type 1 hypervisor windows will have access to bare metal.
It was already posted (how can the VM access the disk directly from vbox).
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