New (old) laptop for car diagnostics - VM question.
One for the Microsoft heavyweights this, beyond my pay grade these days. 
I've been given an "old" Dell laptop that a friend was about to take to the tip, on examination it looks ideal for Audi S8 support once I've fixed the broken stuff.
At "just" 10 years old it's much newer than the S8. 
(The main problems were actually just a "dead" CMOS battery and a damaged/loose power socket that wasn't recognising the external PSU correctly until I secured it)
It a business-grade Dell, small and fairly ruggedized too with waterproof keyboard, drop sensors, tough case etc. a Latitude E6320 if anyone is interested. So a decent for it's day 1366*768 resolution 13" screen but not physically huge, 8GB ram, 500GB disk and an i7 processor that runs at 2.8GHz boosting up to about 3.3GHz.
Originally W7 Pro which I've upgraded to Windows 10 Professional, which includes VM support (Hyper-V these days I think) - question alert!
The main things I'll put on it immediately will be VCDS, Elsawin and my Bentley manual. The latter 2 I currently run on Windows XP inside an Oracle VM Virtualbox. Or rather I used to, there seems to be a compatibility issue between that and the latest Windows 10 updates!
So, what's the best way to implement on the Dell with Windows 10 Professional? VCDS obviously will just run, it's the other two I'm thinking about.
Do I just install an updated (hopefully compatible) version of VirtualBox and copy the VM's across from the old system, or is it better to implement again using the VM capability of Windows 10? If so, is there a relatively simple way to transfer an Oracle VirtualBox VM of Windows XP into a Windows 10 Hyper-V VM?
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.).
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
Last edited by HPsauce; 7th March 2021 at 02:59 PM.
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