For me, I am new to Promox. I have an old(er) PC with Windows 7 that I would like to migrate to proxmox. I have created already a VHDX, as backup of the data. But what is the best way to get that one into proxmox. If I clone the hard drive to another SSD, put the SSD in proxmox and follow your instructions. After that I make a clone and switch off the virtual machine. After that I can make a new VM machine and import the clone?
@@arjan-nuts-gaming install the HDD into your Proxmox machine, follow all the steps to get it working then take a snapshot backup of the VM and restore the snapshot and remove the original VM that is using the HDD.
Its quicker to use disk2VHD to add to Proxmox. Yes you can use the physical HDD but with newer installs of Windows the product key will be compromised. Better to have an machine to boot to if something goes wrong. Also a good idea is to advise to back up your data before embarking on this adventure. Nice video. Subscribed.
@@8bitkid408 thank you for your suggestions and the sub. The main scenario of this video was a Windows install you want to boot to recover a bit of data from but you don’t have a spare PC but you dohave Proxmox available. I don’t really value Windows products keys as they are cheap and you can run Windows unactivated perfectly fine with only downside being the watermark which to me isn’t an issue at all especially on a virtualised version that I hope people aren’t using as a main system. Backing up your drive isn’t so necessary as because we are passing through the entire drive with effecting the configuration it’s nearly impossible to corrupt the data or suffer any loss. As soon as you get the VM running you can run a snapshot backup or add it into your backup configuration. At most the drive won’t boot but you can still recover data from it but I understand not everyone is that tech savvy.
@@EverythingbySam It's not tech savvy. It's showing someone an unsafe method without informing your viewers of the risk, which in my opinion is foolish.
@@8bitkid408 Good thing that is just your opinion then as nothing about it is “unsafe” as I did this method with several drives and never once compromised the information of the drive as you are not directly affecting the drive data by doing this method, you can still remove the drive and boot it in another system if you have one available to you. Just because I did not show a backup option does not invalidate this method, Proxmox has inbuilt backup options. I encourage you to make your own tutorial with your method instead of slightly alluding to what to do in a comment section of a different video. Giving people more options is never a bad thing so I look forward to your video.
@@8bitkid408 a disclaimer to say what exactly? I cannot cover all bases and everything you do in life contains some form of risk. In terms of risk this method has basically no risk at all as you are not directly effecting the data. Just because you may be overly cautious does not mean anyone needs to cater towards the very minute chance of an issue that may arise.
Waste of money... AVX for games is only supported on 4th gen Intel and up... dont waste your money buying outdated if you wanna play games that require AVX... 2nd and 3rd gen support AVX but not the latest AVX2.0
@@nickpetrovsky I do not deem activation important for Windows to tell you the truth, they let you run it unactivated with really no consequence but a watermark and keys are cheap if that does concern you.
root@pve:~# qm set 101 -sata1 /dev/disk/by-id/nvme-WDC WDS240G20C-00AJM0_21244F802861 400 too many arguments qm set <vmid> [OPTIONS] root@pve:~# mine throwing this error, any help please.
Great video. I got it working but mine was not nvme or ata, it was usb. Now I am creating a backup and will restore the backup to a new VM so I can remove the drive. Do I need to do anything to undo the qm set command before or after erasing the original vm?
Thank you!!!! I used this tutorial, and had a couple of things that weren't like in your video: 1. My disk by id script just WOULD NOT WORK. I figured it was the id itself so I used "ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/" to find my disk id (ignoring partition) and the issue was it was "nvme" instead of "ata". 2. The UEFI did not boot, but changing to Default (SeaBIOS) worked I'm actually mid-way through the instructions, but so far my windows machine has booted, so I'm happy :). THANKS!
Awesome video..this was a great help. I was thinking about copying the entire hard drive and converting it or something crazy..but I knew there was an easier way..thanks.
Using this "piece of art" for couple of months. wanna get back to membrane. Mouse is totally useless in fps games (shaping like a 150YO grandpa. mb because it is still reading surface when rised) keyboard keys are feeling like too long way to press down and back (forget about backstrafe) and kinda slow responsy. Don't know what you can buy for such money, but this set is definitely not a "DEATHFIRE" bringing gamer's choice. PS: very good overview/ thank you for that lights setting tutorial for this shi*
Once I have added my Win10 the way you describe, is there an easy way to move over the disk on the proxmox disks and remove the original wi dows disk afterwards?
Wonderful video, exactly what I wanted, thanks! Just one thing: if I want to import multiple Nvmes or SATA Devices, do I need to -scsi2 or -sata2 for the second ones or is the -sata1 argument are regular term? In my mind it's the denomination that the VM config uses for the device and needs -sata1, -sata2, -sata3 for further devices... am I right?
Yup that’s correct, just increase the number for each additional drive otherwise you will mount the new drive over the top of the exisiting drive if you use the same number.
I literally have this exact PC but with an I5-2400 instead of a I5-2500. I think I'll order this GPU plus some new thermal paste and turn it into a light gaming machine. I might even upgrade to a I5-2500s or I7-2600s if I can get a good deal on one (for more efficient power usage.)
why would anyone make the "sensor lift" or lift-off distance so high? it's useless. i'm not a gamer and still it annoys me when i try to move the cursor in one direction and it moves back... never crossed my mind this could be a thing. i've usually used the cheapest mouses and never had anything to complain about, and now decided to buy something fancier and regret it 😅 i'm thinking of buying a new mouse.
Hi, beautiful video! I´m new to proxmox and instead of dual boot all the time. Kan I passthrough my IGPU to this windows install drive in Proxmox? Thanks!
No you cannot passthrough your entire IGPU, only additional graphics cards. The virtual machine will utilise a portion of your IGPU by default for graphics though.
Ok, I understand. Hopefully it will be enough during the time it takes me to understand how to set up an LXC container for plex 🙂 Thanks for the reply!
Run an Ubuntu VM with Plex and Jellyfin like I have so you can pass a GPU through later if you want or you could install docker on the Ubuntu VM and run them in containers. Bit more flexible in my opinion.
ERROR (too many arguments) ProTip If your drive has a space between letters, replace with an underscore _ *SO: qm set 105 -sata1 /dev/disk/by-id/nvme-WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-XXX-XXX *Should be : qm set 105 -sata1 /dev/disk/by-id/nvme-WDC_PC_SN730_SDBQNTY-XXX-XXX Just thought I'd throw that out there.
Massive Thank You!!! I've tried about 5 or 6 different ways to convert a physical Windows 10 to a Proxmox VM over the past week and this was the only way that resulted in a bootable machine that didn't crap out on a sytem repair. Rather than assembling the disk by-id path yourself, you can in the shell use "ls /dev/disk/by-id" find the 'root' entry (ends with the serial number) and cut/past the ID from there. In my case it was nvme-... rather than ata-... which caused some initial confusion.
@@EverythingbySam no problem, I got everything working including GPU and USB port passthrough for my 4K HDMI KVM switch, shows up fine in Windows (attached VNC console to check) with the correct vendor/product ID but have been totally unable to get it to work in Windows. Its there showing all the correct HID devices but when I switch to the dedicated KVM channel I have video but no KBD/Mouse. Pondering next steps but may have to give up & use RDP.
Never used an ESD strap, always de-charge myself before handling electronics and am yet to kill a component through ESD. Again, never had an issue with baby wipes or similar wipes on any of the many components I have cleaned. Might want to hold off on assumptions and just politely ask a question or 2 next time.
@@EverythingbySam A better option would be anti-static brushes and isopropyl alcohol of perhaps 99.8% purity or having as little water as possible on just the board and the solder joints, and not on parts like plastic. If your stuff works for you, fine, but it is safer to do what I've suggested. ESD can cause a latent failure where it isn't noticed right away. It is always better to just ground yourself through a strap to prevent ESD. I just want to suggest this so people see this.
@@wiggles7976 People at home do not freely have those items available to them so this is an alternative that still works very well with items they are more likely to already own. You scare people away if you pretend you require those items as a minimum. I prefer to encourage anyone to do it.
@@EverythingbySam On the other hand, if someone spend $2000 on a pc build, they should know the proper ways to maintain their equipment with $20 worth of cleaning supplies. You could clean pretty much any PCB (just the PCB part, not plastic parts or other materials) with 99.8% isopropyl alcohol and an antistatic cleaning brush, so it doesn't hurt to get those things. The average person has loads of PCBs in their household. Isopropyl alcohol can also clean metal hardware on guitars for example. It's useful to have.
Great Guide, but small not: If the drive is an nvme drive, it does not start with "ata-", but with "nvme-" which can also be checked easily by going to the shell and cd into /dev/disks/by-id/ Other than that, amazing Guide! You helped me get into Proxmox :)
@@Warrorar It’s all good mate. As long as your comment has the correct information (which it did of course) there is nothing wrong with restating something as it may help someone in the future.
Can be this virtualizeed system moved on virtual disk for fully virtualization? This is good hint but in this case is I`m still depended on physical disk. The main magic of virtualization is in hoping between nodes and independence from "iron".
@@EverythingbySam I`ve tried it and it`s works.I had to change some details (bios, network card, graphic...etc) but my old system (win7) wa fully virtualized. I`m going to try virtualized Win 2019 server at customer side now.
@@poradnanet2005 congratulations mate, glad it all worked out. I have personally used the snapshot restore multiple times to move old installs from their original drive to a virtual partition.
@@EverythingbySam Interesting idea use snapshots instead of windows backup.I have FreeNAS as personal NAS at home but I can change it to Proxmox because I`m using Proxmox as primary virtual platform at customers. Thanks for this video..it was new for me.
Hi, I rarely leave any comments on videos. But, I have to say. Your video rocks! Extremely helpful. I followed it step by step and I got it to work. Amazing! It saved me a lot of time given that I was thinking of creating a backup and go from there. Thank you so much! Please keep up the good work. Subscribed!!!!
Hello! Firstly, thank you, I appreciate the feedback. I do always wonder if I am being clear and informative in all my videos and like to hear when people manage to successfully implement whatever I am trying to teach.
Gotta say thanks x1000 man, you saved me from having to buy another hard drive, clone it with clone Zilla, uploading the iso to proxmox then trying to run it like that. Now I didn’t even have to buy a hard drive or extra anything. Thanks!
