I searched the web, the forums and am at a loss as to why the converter does not work:
Run XP SP3 (up to date on patches/fixes) on a Dell Vostro.
Running Converter Standalone Client 5.0.0 build 47052.
When I look at the logs, I see the following types of messages:
Most often XP cannot be reconfigured with not proper disk adapter: have you try with SCSI adapter?
try changing the disk adaptors like POCEH said
I'm not sure what you mean "proper disk adapter". The system has a built in Dell SATA IDE (intel) controller, disks and appropriate windows drivers. The controller and drives are as they were delivered from the Dell. Switch to a SCSI adapter? You mean buy a new controller and disk drives and transfer everything to that to run converter? Converter doesn't work using a run of the mill dell PC, disk drives and windows XP? Am I missing something?
the conversion is complete at 98%
the issue is the configuration of the vm.
chagne the vm's disk adaptor.
Converter 5 misconfigures the import job per default.
When you try to import a XP it will use "keep current controller" - and if that is not accidentaly an Intel IDE controller this will fail.
So to workaround that stupid behaviour you must configure a Buslogic controller - either after or before the import.
If you change it after the first job failed - edit the vmx-file and run Converter "configure machine" again
During the setup of the conversion, I changed the config from IDE to BusLogic, but it did not help.
Here is was the VMX file look like.
I tried to use the VM created, but the VM gets in an endless loop of rebooting blue screen of death...
run Converter against it one more time - select the option "configure machine" - the vmx is good
I reran and got the same message:
sounds like you use Converter 5 - try the same with 3.0.3 - that should work