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3 Replies Last post: Dec 30, 2008 1:50 PM by mkilgore
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continuous blue screen - reboot cycle

Nov 5, 2008 7:02 PM

Click to view magmd1987's profile Lurker magmd1987 2 posts since
Nov 5, 2008
Hello! I've been using VMWare Fusion for nearly a year now and really love it. Upgraded to 2.0 and now I'm cycling continuously through a very fast blue screen (so fast I can't catch it with Grab or other screen shot methods to actually read what it says) then it reboots. I tried going back to an earlier Time Machine of Fusion (Oct 20th) that was still 2.0 but same thing happened. It gets to the Welcome to Windows startup screen, goes black, the screen shrinks and I see the fast blue screen, then it tries to reboot. Entire cycle takes about 10 seconds. If I power it off, I can rarely get the option to start in safe mode, or normal or last known working - none of them have been successful.

Tried to get into the BIOS but was apparently unable to set it to boot from the Windows XP CD.

Tried going back to Fusion 1.1.3 (via Time Machine) and reinstalling 2.0 but same thing happens.

Before I rip everything off and start over, is there a way to recover the documents in the Windows environment? I thought Time Machine was doing this for me, but apparently not?

Sorry about the very basic/stupid questions. Thank you!!
Reply Re: continuous blue screen - reboot cycle Nov 6, 2008 2:05 PM
Click to view etung's profile Guru etung 11,030 posts since
Oct 15, 2006
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HOWTO: Ask (and Answer) Questions has tips on how to capture a BSoD.

If you're running Leopard, you can mount the virtual disk in OS X.
Reply Re: continuous blue screen - reboot cycle Nov 9, 2008 9:52 AM
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Click to view magmd1987's profile Lurker magmd1987 2 posts since
Nov 5, 2008
How do I mount a disk? My Windows XP is running in Fusion, and I don't see it.

I still have the blue screen/reboot circuit running constantly...

Thanks!

Meredith
Reply Re: continuous blue screen - reboot cycle Dec 30, 2008 1:50 PM
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Click to view mkilgore's profile Novice mkilgore 4 posts since
Mar 31, 2008
Was this issue ever resolved? I have just converted a parallels vm to fusion 2.01 and have the quick cycle blue screen problem as well.
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