How to install a Linux Xubuntu virtual machine image as a second operating system alongside Windows 10?

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There is a Linux Xubuntu 16.04 virtual machine on VMWare Player. I would like to install it as a second operating system without losing information. The virtual machine is represented by an archive:

29.09.2016  12:04           282 571 vmware-0.log
29.09.2016  11:13           268 316 vmware-1.log
28.09.2016  19:35           504 419 vmware-2.log
29.09.2016  21:15           291 598 vmware.log
29.09.2016  11:41     4 294 967 296 xUbuntu 64-bit 16.04-31569393.vmem
29.09.2016  21:15         5 968 613 xUbuntu 64-bit 16.04-31569393.vmss
29.09.2016  21:15     4 092 985 344 xUbuntu 64-bit 16.04-s001.vmdk
29.09.2016  21:15     4 129 554 432 xUbuntu 64-bit 16.04-s002.vmdk
29.09.2016  21:15     4 098 949 120 xUbuntu 64-bit 16.04-s003.vmdk
29.09.2016  21:15     2 489 712 640 xUbuntu 64-bit 16.04-s004.vmdk
29.09.2016  21:15       568 918 016 xUbuntu 64-bit 16.04-s005.vmdk
15.04.2016  08:15            65 536 xUbuntu 64-bit 16.04-s006.vmdk
29.09.2016  21:15             8 684 xUbuntu 64-bit 16.04.nvram
29.09.2016  19:13               814 xUbuntu 64-bit 16.04.vmdk
15.04.2016  08:16                 0 xUbuntu 64-bit 16.04.vmsd
29.09.2016  21:15             3 367 xUbuntu 64-bit 16.04.vmx
15.04.2016  08:16               275 xUbuntu 64-bit 16.04.vmxf
              17 файлов 19 682 481 041 байт
               2 папок  139 819 163 648 байт свободно

Is it possible to do this? I know how to install Linux next to Windows, the main question is how to make an image of the OS from the archive, the installation of which will save the entire state of the virtual machine and what are the subtleties of the installation.

Answer 1

Of course, I'm not a virtual machine guru, but I see one solution ...
Download the image of Hubunta from the site, make a bootable USB flash drive (DVD?)), install the system from it (second, third, whichever you need)). And transfer the information using Drag and Drop, a shared folder or other similar means to the VM.
About deploying a finished system directly from a VM image, I can’t imagine how this is possible.

Answer 2

I have not done this, but I can suggest the following steps:
1) In the virtual machine, make a full backup
tar -cvpf /backups/fullbackup.tar --directory=/ --exclude=backups
and unload it from the guest OS with a normal disk partition
2) Boot from a USB flash drive with live linux.
3) Create a partition (if it's simpler then one and lvm is not considered)
4) Format the partition in ext3 or ext4 (mkfs.ext4).
5) Mount to a running live linux
6) Unzip the archive that was created earlier. If it remains on Windows partitions, then you will have to mount them first.
7) Run the steps to restore grub. The internet is full of instructions. Search chroot. Do you know that after this the wine will be loaded from grub?!
8) Check /etc/fstab. The uuids of the old partitions are probably full there. The new ones can be seen with blkid.
Maybe something else.