HOWTO: Create VirtualBox Image from Disk
Not quite sure what to backup from a computer I am currently fixing I decided to turn a virus laden XP install into a VirtualBox image on my desktop machine at home.
Enter dd, ssh, and VirtualBox.
After a little reading I came up with this single line to extract the live image from the disk, move it to my desktop machine, and convert it to a 20G VirtualBox image. First I booted from a live disc, mounted the drive I wanted and ran the following:
sudo dd if=/dev/hda | ssh user@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx vboxmanage convertdd stdin virusxp.vdi 21474836480
Now upon return if they find I’ve missed anything I can just boot it up and retrieve it for them, and after a month or so after they’ve verified they’re happy with it, just easily delete the machine.
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