[nflug] Offtopic: Read at your own peril.
Brad Bartram
brad.bartram at gmail.com
Fri Dec 7 14:15:35 EST 2007
I'm incredibly impressed by this 6th generation VM tech they have out now.
This is a lot better than even the offerings from a couple years ago.
On Dec 7, 2007 2:00 PM, Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
> Oh yea, we use VMware converter here all the time. I use ntfsresize to
> reduce the use of windows on the hard drive, make room for linux, make a
> vm out of the boot side and then run it under the Linux side, voila!
> They now can experience Linux and have their windows stuff a click away.
> And, business is boomin.
>
> Brad Bartram wrote:
> > Believe it or not, I'm finding that creating the VM is a little easier.
> >
> > VMWare makes a nice little utility for making a virtual machine out of
> > a harddrive image. It's called VMware-converter - and it's free.
> >
> > If the machine is running, just fire up this app and set it up to do
> > its thing using the wizard. The vm gets created.
> >
> > We did it once with the full laptop drive, which turned into a
> > performance nightmare because of all the crap he runs - it is a
> > windows laptop afterall, but it booted right away. We decided it
> > would be best to remove some of the startup stuff and then do a
> > reimage. We popped the old harddrive into a new laptop, fired up the
> > os, ran the vmware software, and voila - problem solved.
> >
> > BTW - I am very impressed with vmware fusion. If you run a mac, I
> > would recommend you think about it for virtualization needs.
> >
> > Thanks for all the help guys. As always, whenever I beat my head
> > against a wall, I know someone on this list can usually recommend
> > something.
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > On Dec 7, 2007 1:16 PM, Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com
> > <mailto:peter at thecybersource.com>> wrote:
> >
> > If you can find that *.pst file, you'll save yourself tons of time
> > and agro.
> >
> > Brad Bartram wrote:
> > > From my research, I've found that Outlook2007 has things thrown
> all
> > > over the place in various files and registry settings and keys.
> > Right
> > > now I have two things going on, I've figured out the registry keys
> > > being used, so I'm hacking them into the current system. I'm also
> > > imaging the entire drive for a vmware virtual machine.
> > >
> > > I'll see how these things work.
> > >
> > > I'll post a result as something happens so everyone can stop
> > anxiously
> > > holding their breath in anticipation. ;-)
> > >
> > > Brad
> > >
> > > On Dec 7, 2007 12:20 PM, Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com
> > <mailto:peter at thecybersource.com>
> > > <mailto: peter at thecybersource.com
> > <mailto:peter at thecybersource.com>>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Not sure about the newer versions but Outlook from Office
> > 2000 would
> > > make a backup *.pst file by default. I've used this before.
> > Search
> > > through the old data for *.pst, I believe it will be called
> > > backup.pst,
> > > import that file and you should have all as it was.
> > >
> > > Brad Bartram wrote:
> > > > Hey guys,
> > > >
> > > > First, sorry about the off topic post, but I know there's
> > probably
> > > > some knowledge on the subject here, so I figured I'd give
> > it a try.
> > > >
> > > > Here's my issue:
> > > >
> > > > A person I work with is using Outlook 2007 for his mail and
> > > personal
> > > > scheduling and address book and keeping his food cold,
> > etc. He
> > > > recently had his laptop crap out on him. Long story short,
> we
> > > have a
> > > > new machine for him, but he wants to migrate his old
> settings
> > > and such
> > > > from his old harddrive image over to his new machine. He
> has
> > > all his
> > > > old email in the form of a pst, as well as complete access
> to
> > > the old
> > > > drive including the registry.
> > > >
> > > > From my preliminary research, I found that outlook stores
> > account
> > > > information in the registry (go figure). His big concern
> > is the
> > > email
> > > > filters he has set up to move his mail all around. He has
> > quite a
> > > > complex ruleset and isn't really looking forward to
> recreating
> > > it from
> > > > scratch - and neither do I, because I sit right next to
> > him and it
> > > > just won't make my day pleasant.
> > > >
> > > > So does anyone here know where outlook 2007 stores the
> > filter data?
> > > >
> > > > The only thing we don't have access to at this point is a
> > running
> > > > machine with his native OS and Data on it, we're working
> > from an
> > > > image, so I can't just fire up his old OS and run an export
> or
> > > > migration application or utility on it.
> > > >
> > > > Any help would be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Brad
> > > >
> > >
> >
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