Sweet! gotta try this some time. it would be a interesting way to backup your current system and settings. Covert it to a vmware image and then convert back if you need to later.
Convert Physical Machines to Virtual Machines – Free!
Use the intuitive wizard-driven interface of VMware Converter to convert your physical machines to virtual machines. VMware Converter quickly converts Microsoft Windows based physical machines and third party image formats to VMware virtual machines. It also converts virtual machines between VMware platforms. Automate and simplify physical to virtual machine conversions as well as conversions between virtual machine formats with VMware Converter.
Download the datasheet for more information or download the free VMware Converter and try it for yourself.
Source: VMware Converter for workstation to virtual pc and virtual machine migration: VMware - VMware
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