[ale] Is there a way of copying existing Windows partition to VM?

[neal at mnopltd.com (Neal Rhodes)]

So, I get one of those off-lease desktops. 

I plan to shrink the Windows 7 partition down to 80GB, and install
Centos 6.X on the rest.

Is there a reasonably simple way of getting a VirtualBox or KVM Virtual
Machine with a copy of this Windows 7 install in it which doesn't
involve reinstalling Windows 7?   Yes, I hate Windows 7 as much as the
rest, but occasionally have to use it, and would rather use it in a VM
under Centos.   

I'm thinking that there isn't an install media for Windows provided,
although it looks like I can burn a recovery media.    Will that HP
recovery media install within a VM, or will it detect that it's not
seeing "real" hardware and barf? 

Neal 
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