Turning a Dead XP PC into a Virtual Machine

In this video, I go over how to revive a dead Windows XP machine by turning it into a virtual machine. This process is possible if the hard drive from the PC still functions. Video script: TBD Timestamps: 0:00 – Introduction 0:45 – Hardware and Software required 1:44 – BIOS/UEFI Setting to turn on for Intel & AMD Systems 2:43 – Using Disk2VHD 4:19 – Using Starwind v2v Converter 5:29 – Organizing VM images into folders 5:52 – Creating a VMX file with VMware Workstation Player 8:00 – Adding boot delay line to VMX file: bios.bootdelay = 5000 8:28 – Mounting the VMDK image to VMware Workstation Player 9:18 – Process of temporarily removing the product activation using safe mode and entering OOBE command: rundll32.exe syssetup,SetupOobeBnk 11:07 – Installing VMWare Tools in virtual machine 13:16 – Limitation 1: VM will eventually need a product key 14:30 – Limitation 2: Possible File and/or Program Corruption 15:18 – Limitation 3: Possible Activation Issues for Programs 15:50 - Ending Software: -SysInternals Disk2VHD: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysi... -Starwind v2v Converter (have to sign-up for download): https://www.starwindsoftware.com/star... -VMware Workstation Player (Version 16 was used in the video, may have to create a free account to download software): https://customerconnect.vmware.com/en... Articles + Videos: -How to enter BIOs and UEFI Modes: https://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-10/h... -Video of user performing Windows XP Phone product activation in 2022:    • Activating Windows XP in 2022 - Is it Poss...   -Where I found an ISO of Windows XP Home Edition: https://archive.org/details/WinXPHome... -Podcast where I first learned this was possible (Security Now Episode 669 starting around 1:26:04 in the video):    • Security Now 669: Cellular Location Privacy   -VMware Boot Screen Delay: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16876.... We Always Thought the Future Would Be Kind of Fun by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/darkglow/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ Like and Subscribe Graphic:    • Video