Hyper V to Virtual PC

Question

I am currently using Windows Server 2008 Standard and have several Hyper V machines. These are development VM's and I want to now switch back Vista x64 because I am missing Aero.

I know Windows Server 2008 can have aero but the host performance is very very bad when I run VM in Hyper V.

I want to export my Hyper V machines so that I can use it in Virtual PC. Anyone know an easy way?

Answer 1

If you have built them as Hyper-V machines, I don't think you can go back. There are serious differences in the HAL for Virtual PC and Hyper-V. You can move a VPC to Hyper-V permanantly by removing the VPC add-ins ans adding the Hyper-V integration drivers/services and re-detecting the hardware.

A VPC can run in Hyper-V just fine, don't add the machine drivers for Hyper-V and you can go back to VPC with no problem.

Answer 2

VPC to Hyper-V is one way.