The P2V and V2V software starwind converter is really easy to use

p2v A lot of software ,vmware Of 、citrix Of Converter Outdated , It has not been updated for many years , The measured effect is not good , Or it gets stuck 100%, Or the supported hard disk size is limited , All in all , give up

I bought a new computer , I bought the Haikang warranty 10 Year of M.2 SSD（ Quality assurance 10 year , The quality is poor , Buy 1 It broke down in a month , I lost all my data ）,1T The system disk of 25%, use StarWind Converter This software performs p2v To another M.2 SSD It only took 4 branch 40 second

（ The popular science ：M.2 Follow SATA In fact, it can be said that the shape of the slot , and PCI-E Follow SATA3 It's data from the hard disk to the CPU Or the channel of memory ）

Once the sea for water , Used to M.2 SSD After using a few years ago IMAC MK482CH/A(27 " /Retina display /I7 4.0G 4 nucleus /16G/2T fusion/AMD Radeon R9 M395 Graphics processor , Equipped with 2GB memory ) I can't stand it , Because the hard disk is not SSD

StarWind Converter The advantages of this software ：

① free

② Support both p2v（ Physical machine to virtual machine ） And support v2v（ Virtual machine format A → Virtual machine format B）

③ Efficient

④ High compatibility ：StarWind V2V Converter / P2V Migrator By means of Windows Starting migration in repair mode VM, Between different hardware sets VM And virtual disk migration becomes easier . Besides , This utility can convert a physical machine to a virtual machine . In both cases ,VM Will automatically adapt to the new hardware environment , Avoid any compatibility issues .

website ：https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-v2v-converter

Download address ：https://www.starwindsoftware.com/tmplink/starwindconverter.exe

The interface of this software is in English , With p2v For example , Simply put, select the hard disk where the system partition is located as the whole disk p2v To vmdk file

If vmdk The papers are ready , So how do we verify it ？

open VMware Workstation Pro 16（Windows） perhaps VMware Fusion 12（macOS）, When creating an empty virtual machine to create a hard disk, do not create a hard disk and directly select the one just exported vmdk that will do （ Afraid of right vmdk If there is any change , Make a backup first vmdk,macOS Under the VMware Fusion 12 It will automatically copy vmdk To start the virtual machine , This is very humanized ,Windows Under the VMware Workstation Pro 16 It needs to be done manually vmdk To start the virtual machine ）

Next, let's talk about Microsoft p2v Software ,disk2vhd ：https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/disk2vhd

Microsoft software is small , rely on vss service （ A series of things , It is not as simple as oneortwo items ）, Foreign software vendors Acronis Good people and good deeds produce a permanent free vss Detection tools AcronisVSSDoctor, Just look vss If there is something wrong , If it's normal, you can use disk2vhd, however disk2vhd stay p2v There is no compatibility StartWind high （ You can check Windows Repair Mode）

A physical hard disk , You can use it. disk2vhd Export not .vhd file

One .vhd File you attach to the disk manager followed by a normal hard disk , but disk2vhd I can't recognize this hard disk , It only recognizes physical hard drives , and StartWind Of p2v The function can identify the attached hard disk , And further p2v（ Not directly v2v）, It's too much to force

All in all , Don't waste time using other software ,p2v、v2v Just use StarWind, The best choice , Not one of them.