Subj : What older computers you got?
To   : August Abolins
From : Jas Hud
Date : Sun Dec 03 2023 02:27:26

  To: August Abolins
  Re: What older computers you got?
  By: August Abolins to Chad Adams on Sat Dec 02 2023 09:13 am

 > Is it possible to restore a diskimage backup from a Win7 system
 > into a VM on a Win10 or Win11 pc?
 >
 > Ideally, I'd love restore my existing Win7 environment into the
 > SAME Win7 box, but there are elements that ought be upgraded or
 > replaced (chassis fan, possibly cpu fan, more ram) ..and I am
 > wondering if it might be easier to just get a modern Win10/11
 > pc and restore to that in a Win7 VM.
 >

you would be running a VM of windows 7 so yeah you can do that.
depends on the image type and if it supports it.  it could be converted, if needed.

you should be running windows 10, though. you can run windows 10 on lower end computers.
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