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How to install Windows 10 on Hyper-V VM?
If there is a tutorial already, I cannot find it here as most of the hyper-V references are about getting Hyper-V working.
I have:
- Physical Notebook running Windows 10 Home (with key of course)
- Physical Notebook running Window 10 Edu (with key of course)
- Hyper-V installed on the Windows 10 Edu
- USB for Windows 10 Pro (with key of course)
- USB for Windows 10 Edu (iwth key of course)
- ISO for Windows 10 Pro
- Backups and Repair discs on DVD for the notebooks
I don't have:
- a Win 10 Home ISO from the OEM because it's a hidden partition. Thus, I have the above (useless) Win 10 USB (Home version)
I want:
to move my Windows 10 Home to a VM on the Windows 10 Edu PC so I can trash (er, recycle) the old notebook.
I cannot seem to get the install working for various reasons:
- The VM does not seem to support accessing the USB drives!?
- The Recovery Disk formats the virtual hard drive, but does not offer an option for actually installing Windows
- The Repair disc from the backup is not bootable
- I considered purchasing some third party application but would like to know they are worth the money. Turns out Acronis trials do not support recovering / installing windows.
- Procedures I have found on other sites suggest making the USB work by taking it offline, but that is not an offered option on my disk management utility
- Cannot find where to buy a Win 10 DVD (only USBs)
- etc etc epic fails
Before I try another random solution such as abandoning Hyper-V for Oracle's VitualBox, can someone help out? Thank you!