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I have my hard drive partitioned with Windows 7 on one, and Linux Mint on the other. Is there any way to run my Linux Mint partition in a virtual machine inside windows?

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It should work I just have not tried it yet, you'll need VMware Workstation, not sure VMware Player will though. VMware may want you to re-format the Linux partition and re-install though. Maybe VMconverter can be used to virtualize it but you'll need a separate drive or enough space to temporarily hold it somewhere, unless you're willing to lose it all and just re-install the VMware way.

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It should work I just have not tried it yet, you'll need VMware Workstation, not sure VMware Player will though. VMware may want you to re-format the Linux partition and re-install though. Maybe VMconverter can be used to virtualize it but you'll need a separate drive or enough space to temporarily hold it somewhere, unless you're willing to lose it all and just re-install the VMware way.
Forgot, I wouldn't expect being able to dual boot the Linux partition with both your BIOS and VMware.

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It should work I just have not tried it yet, you'll need VMware Workstation, not sure VMware Player will though. VMware may want you to re-format the Linux partition and re-install though. Maybe VMconverter can be used to virtualize it but you'll need a separate drive or enough space to temporarily hold it somewhere, unless you're willing to lose it all and just re-install the VMware way.
Ya, that's what I figured, since all the vm softwares use their own format to save and load the virtual machines...
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I use VMware Player but I don't have a partitioned hard drive. I have 3 drives.  I run OpenSuse with no problems and have it installed on a drive other than my boot.  If you want to run Linux in a VM rather than have a dual boot, I recommend VMware player since it installs everyting in its own folder and you can choose where that is.

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I`m writing from a Ubuntu virtual machine that runs in Win 7 now.

I use Virtual Box now.

It`s free and easy to use.

Btw I have 2 monitors.

I use 1 for Win and the other for ubuntu in full screen

I use i5-3470, 8GB kingston, SSD + 2x hdd, GTX 970

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