disk drive with a Windows system from the old Proxmox?

[Trzinka]

Hi.

I have a disk drive with a Windows system from the old Proxmox (There is only a Windows VM on the disk)

Is there any chance that I can somehow just plug it in and somehow (I don't know and I'm asking you) configure it in the new Proxmox without having to install a new Windows system (there is only a VM with Windows on that disk)?

 

[gfngfn256]

You could install the old disk in new system, and choose in bios to boot from that disk, then your old proxmox would be available together with the windows vm. However you wont be able to run the new proxmox at the same time. Also you may have to set up the new hardware accordingly.

Second option could be, if you have a backup on that disk of the windows vm, then you could import that backup to the new system, and restore the vm.

Third option could be, to recreate the windows vm on new proxmox, and then reattach the disk image from the windows vm on the old disk.

 

[Trzinka]

You could install the old disk in new system, and choose in bios to boot from that disk, then your old proxmox would be available together with the windows vm. However you wont be able to run the new proxmox at the same time. Also you may have to set up the new hardware accordingly.

Second option could be, if you have a backup on that disk of the windows vm, then you could import that backup to the new system, and restore the vm.

Third option could be, to recreate the windows vm on new proxmox, and then reattach the disk image from the windows vm on the old disk.

Thanks for the reply.

Obviously I didn't write comprehensibly.

The disk that I want to add only had Windows on it in the old system.

Proxmox has its own disk!

The third option seems to me to be the solution. If I understand correctly, I connect the disk to the PC and start proxmox. And when I see the disk in proxmox, do I create a new VM without a disk and later assign this disk to it and make it bootable?

 

[Kingneutron]

It's always better if you have backups. Then you just copy/move the dump to the proper directory on the new install and do a Restore.
I would be interested to hear how this went for you, did you manage to boot the Windows VM?