Enterprise converter tool completes image but when loaded gives inaccessable boot device error and blue screen

[Spiker]

Hi guys and girls - would really appreciate some pointers to my issue with enterprise converter

I have successfully P to V'd a number of XP desktops to Workstation images - all ok

I am trying to take an image of a Windows XP machine on a Dell D820 its about 30gb and I choose to allocate all the space now for better performance

The conversion completes successfully ( 3rd time I have done this)

Each time - upon trying to load the image within Workstation where the image is sent to, it gives an inaccessable boot device and a blue screen and I have no idea why

Any suggestions ?

[mkagzi]

Can you attach a screen shot of the blue screen?

[Spiker]

Image upload failed

Text reads

A problem was detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage

If this is the first time la la la etc restart etc

Check for viruses on the computer - la la run chkdsk /F etc

Techincal information

***STOP 0x0000007B ( 0xF88BE524,0x0000034,0x00000000,0x00000000)

I have tried loading the machine using ERD commander and that cannot see the drive either

Clearly I have an IDE / SCSI related issue on that drive as the O/S cannot boot from it

[mkagzi]

In VMware Converter, click on "configure machine" and select the workstation XP image you created. Once the configuration is completed now try and start the virtual machine.

[Spiker]

Thanks for the reply

I am reimaging the machine ( again ) to start afresh after modyfing the vmx to try and get the scsi stuff removed - no joy

Forgive the question but what do you mean 'configure machine' in vmconverter - where is that option and what is that option intended to do ?

[mkagzi]

When you open VMware Converter, right beside the "Import Machine" button there is a button for "configure machine".

This reconfigures the .vmx file of the virtual machine to make sure that you are able to boot the virtual machine successfully.

[Spiker]

Ok - sure - when you ALREADY have a VM converted ! - I see it on my other version

I will complete the conversion and run the configure option - thanks will post the outcome

[Spiker]

Hi

Well the conversion option didnt offer any other configuration options - it was already a workstation image and i did not want a conversion to ESX

So I then proceeded to fire up an existing XP machine and add a brand new 35GB drive and formatted it as NTFS

Then I detached the drive and mapped it so that I could view the volume in explorer

I did the same with the converted drive which would not boot

I then set about replicating the whole file system to the mapped empty volume ( this took some time)

Then I created a brand new VM - Custom - XP and added an existing drive ( which was now IDE - not SCSI) and linked the new drive that I had copied the files to.

Tried to boot it and no joy - it would not boot from this new drive

So I now have a SCSI vmdk and an IDE vmdk with identical data - neither of which boots

The SCSI drive blue screens and the IDE fails to be detected

What I am doing wrong here ?

[mkagzi]

Lets take a step back,

- Are you converting it as a local standalone virtual machine?

- Can you please attach the boot.ini file from the virtual machine?

- Also, can you attach a screen shot of the disk managmentment screen from the physical machine?

[theanykey]

1st, make sure you are not converting anything that may prevent it to work as a virtual machine. for instance - dell openmanage

are you able to safe boot this? then msconfig it down?

[Spiker]

Hi guys

Thanks for your suggestions

I had already looked at the boot ini and it only had the 1 ARC path but i'll double check the disk Management screen and come back as the laptop is currently offsite today

[Heiko4]

Hi Spike

Regarding the error: ***STOP 0x0000007B ( 0xF88BE524,0x0000034,0x00000000,0x00000000)

We as well had the problem. After the conversion we removed the VM from the inventory. Converted only drive c: and manually attached the data partition. Problem was solved.

Heiko

[TomHowarth]

As you have rightly stated a 7B stop error means inaccessable boot device, you will need to add the Buslogic or LSI driver you your machine prior to the conversion process.

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