Click the “Convert machine” button on the toolbar and select the current, powered-on computer as the source. You could also boot it up in VMware Workstation or VMware Fusion.ĭownload vCenter Converter from VMware and launch it on the computer you want to turn into a virtual machine. You can then boot these virtual machines in VMware’s free VMware Player application, so this can be a completely free solution. It can convert both Windows and Linux physical machines into VMware virtual machines. VMware offers a free tool known as VMware vCenter Converter.
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