[tryp4vps]

..... This is not the first time I was doing this P2V (Physical-to-Virtual) migration, but it's the first time I'm doing it for high-value (non-expandable) systems holding years  of work (even decades in the case of WinXP) that I can't afford to lose.....

Interesting idea. I am also thinking about migrating my current Windows 10 installation to a VM disk. But I am afraid I will need to re-activate my Windows 10 after the migration?

And is there any easy way to do the reverse later if need? I mean the Virtual-to-Physical migration.