I am interested in a sneaky way of running an existing 64-bit Windows
8.1 installation (regularly licensed, not OEM) in a Fusion VM.
Originally, I installed Windows 8.1 in a 500GB BootCamp partition on
my Mac, but got tired of having to reboot just to check a few things
in Windows. So, I got rid of that BootCamp partition, but used Winclone
to keep an image of it on an external USB-3.0 drive (from which it is
not bootable on the Mac).
I'm planning to transfer this image, again with Winclone, to a 500GB
Raid-0 volume on a pair of Thunderbolt HDs. I'm using Apple's software
Raid for this, so the image won't be bootable as the Windows bootloader
cannot handle Apple's software Raid.
Now I'm wondering whether this Raid-0 "BootCamp" partition can be the
basis for a Fusion VM installation of Windows 8.1. My thinking is that
Windows 8.1 would boot in the VM (mimicking some regular PC hardware)
and would not see Apple's software Raid-0 volume; Fusion would, but
that's OK since it runs in OS X...
Or am I overlooking something? Comments, please.