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 == Other Options ==
 If VMware Converter is unable to P2V your machine (for example as of writing you can't P2V a Win2k8 R2 machine as the VSS interface has changed and VMware haven't released a new version yet), there are other (free) options
-# Use [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415.aspx SysInternals Disk2vhd] to hot-clone a machines disks to Microsoft format VHD files
+# Use [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415.aspx SysInternals Disk2vhd] to hot-clone a machines disk(s) to Microsoft format VHD files
-# Use [http://www.starwindsoftware.com/converter StarWind V2V Converter] to convert VHD files to VMDK's
+# Use [http://www.starwindsoftware.com/converter StarWind V2V Converter] to convert VHD file(s) to VMDK format (use sparse/thin (VI4 only) and iSCSI options)
-# Create a new VM, then upload the VMDK files
+# Upload the VMDK file(s) to an appropriate datastore (in a folder with the VM name)
-# Edit the VMX file to cater for the new VMDK's
+# Create a new VM, using the active/boot disk of the VMDK's just uploaded (if multiple disks, add others seperatley after VM has been created)
+# Edit the VMX file to cater for the new VMDK's ??
 # On first boot it may be nessessary to edit the registry to avoid a BSOD (change <code>REG_DWORD Start</code> to <code>0</code> in <code>HKLM\p2v\ControlSet001\services\LSI_SAS</code> (you need to boot usind a recovery CD to be able to access the registry.