Yes, yes a very salient answer indeed... I should think the steps to follow in order to accomplish such a task would be:
0. asses choice of virtualizaton tech
1. man [gpart | mount | dd | qemu-img]
2. proceed according to the new attained knowledge and understanding
3. profit
PS. I often find very motivational and helpful to engage in a 1-1 convo with one self, before launching forward into a project. Usually a mirror helps, followed by some hard hitting questions , such as : Do I got this ? ; Do I want to put the effort into getting it ? ; Who does number one work for ? ; Do I want to be the $hit or a $hit stain ?