The virt-p2v project is your friend;
http://libguestfs.org/virt-v2v/
Yes, it seems so. I came across some readings about this tool.
Be aware that you CANNOT have a windows partition that does both
bare-metal booting and virtual booting without risking having to
re-register your machine at practically every boot
Hum hum, that's what I am trying to do. I found some .zip files to
apply from w8 that will modify IDE/SATA drivers. Are these driver
changes not enough ?