Windows 11 deactivated after booting it in virtual machine

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I have 2 disks for the Windows/Ubuntu dualboot on my laptop. Recently, I have been trying to make a rawdisk vmdk file from the Windows disk, and mount it in a virtual machine (VirtualBox) in the Ubuntu host. I have succeed to create a vmdk file, and the VM booted. However, Windows have decided that my password is compromised and asked me to log in to my account by sending me a code (this is in the VM). The code never sent. I then shut Ubuntu down and booted the physical Windows and now it is deactivated because "the hardware on this device has changed". Troubleshooting returned 0xc0ea000a.

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