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  • 1.  you have ordered a dell system with no os installed

    Posted Jul 06, 2018 08:46 AM

    Hello

    if i convert our server 2008 with vmware converter to vSphere and start the machine

    i get the error:

    what can i do ?

    Thanks



  • 2.  RE: you have ordered a dell system with no os installed

    Posted Jul 06, 2018 12:28 PM

    Do your VM have a virtual disk?

    Maybe have a look in the BIOS for the boot order.



  • 3.  RE: you have ordered a dell system with no os installed

    Posted Jul 06, 2018 04:11 PM

    Please, check if the OS disk is configured on the controller (SCSI 0:0)?

    Does the physical server use ide or scsi?



  • 4.  RE: you have ordered a dell system with no os installed

    Posted Jul 06, 2018 09:17 PM

    the OS disc is SCSi 0:0

    physical use scsi

    thanks



  • 5.  RE: you have ordered a dell system with no os installed

    Posted Jul 06, 2018 09:21 PM



  • 6.  RE: you have ordered a dell system with no os installed

    Posted Jul 06, 2018 09:56 PM

    try repair windows



  • 7.  RE: you have ordered a dell system with no os installed

    Posted Jul 07, 2018 01:02 AM

    Looks like Converter included the Dell recovery partition.
    Boot the VM with a LiveCD of your choice and check if the Windows boot partition is present and if the boot-flag is set correctly.



  • 8.  RE: you have ordered a dell system with no os installed

    Posted Sep 06, 2022 06:36 AM

    Attach the OS disk to other running VM

    1. go to CMD and execute below steps
    2. diskpart
    3. list disk
    4. sel disk 2
    5. list partition
    6. select Partition ( Where the EFI partition is available)
    7. delete partition override
    8. create partition efi size=150 ( you can set any size above 100 MB)
    9. format quick fs=fat32 label="System"
    10. create partition msr size=128 ( you can set any size above 50 MB)
    11. select Partition ( Where the EFI partition is available)
    12. assign letter="S" ( you can assign any available drive letter)
    13. exit
    14. cd e:\windows\system32
    15. bcdboot e:\windows /s S: /f UEFI ( Where E: is the OS drive and S is the EFI Partition drive letter)
    16. attach the disk back to the affected VM.
    17. Bring on the server.