[ Thanks to Falko
Timme for this link. ]
“This article shows how you can convert a physical Windows
system (XP, 2003, 2000, NT4 SP4+) into a VMware virtual machine
with the free VMware Converter Starter. The resulting virtual
machine can be run in the free VMware Player and VMware Server, and
also in VMware Workstation and other VMware products. Vmware
Converter comes in handy if you want to switch to a Linux desktop,
but feel the need to run your old Windows desktop from time to
time. By converting your Windows desktop into a virtual machine,
you can run it under VMware Server/Player, etc. on your Linux
desktop…”