After getting comfortable on VMware Server, I wanted to reinstall Ubuntu on my work PC and make a copy of my Windows workstation and run it in a virtual environment. I really have missed running Linux for my day-to-day Windows administration job. Previously, I had used RDP whenever needing a Windows only application (like SMS, or an IT Helpline exchange mailbox) but it always got in the way. It was hard to justify 2 machines for 1 user.
Now with this guide, I can use Bart's boot disk to make a clone of my working Windows workstation and throw it into a virtual environment. I wouldn't mind paying for P2V but I usually have a difficult time justifying what I'm trying to do and how it will help with our Windows servers. 
I have so far failed convincing the Vice President of IT how we can use virtual technologies to offer 2 compatible servers on the same hardware and save $6k. So far, I have only convinced him to allow virtuallization in a lab setting.
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