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REDXSA
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Convert HP computer to virtual machine (Windows 7)

Hi everyone,

i'm now trying to convert a physical computer (HP laptop) to a virtual machine (Windows 7).

I've did the conversion with the VMWare converter software. Everything were done.

Now i'm trying to start the computer into the VMWare  Workstation Player 15.5 but it's not working, i get a blue screen (of the death!!) on the Windows startup.

To give you more details : the first startup of the VM, Windows started until the the login screen (i've seen the name of the Windows  session). Keyboard and mouse was not working (nothing was happend when i moved the mouse or type on the "TAB" touch of the keyboard...), and 30 seconds after i've getted the first bluescreen and now when i start the virtual machine Windows crash (blue screen) after 5 secs (i can't see the login screen of Windows)

I've tried the "automatically repair tool" of Windows but the message is "Windows can't repair automatically this computer"

The last thing about the automatically repair tool, when i've finished i get a prompt from VMWare Workstation player (attached at "RemovablesDevices.png")

I've tried to start the Windows virtual machine in safe mode but i get also a bluescreen. When i'm trying to start the computer in a safe mode i can see that the bluescreen happend when the computer try to load a driver. The last driver that i can see in loading (or loaded) is : \Windowssystem32\drivers\disk.sys

I attach the file log "vmware.log".

When the VM crash in the log:

2019-09-30T11:13:40.547+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: SCSI0: RESET BUS

2019-09-30T11:13:40.652+02:00| vcpu-7| I125: LSI: Invalid PageType [21] pageNo 0 Action 0

2019-09-30T11:13:40.693+02:00| vcpu-7| I125: SCSI scsi0:0: Unsupported command REPORT LUNS issued. --ok

2019-09-30T11:13:40.761+02:00| vcpu-6| I125: DISKUTIL: scsi0:0 : capacity=466096128 logical sector size=512

2019-09-30T11:13:40.762+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: DISKUTIL: scsi0:0 : capacity=466096128 logical sector size=512

2019-09-30T11:13:40.762+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: SCSI DEVICE (scsi0:0): MODE SENSE(6) for unsupported page 0x1c

2019-09-30T11:13:40.763+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: SCSI DEVICE (scsi0:0): MODE SENSE(6) for unsupported page 0x8

2019-09-30T11:13:40.763+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: SCSI DEVICE (scsi0:0): MODE SENSE(6) for unsupported page 0x8

2019-09-30T11:13:40.763+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: DISKUTIL: scsi0:0 : capacity=466096128 logical sector size=512

2019-09-30T11:13:40.764+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: DISKUTIL: scsi0:0 : capacity=466096128 logical sector size=512

2019-09-30T11:13:44.423+02:00| vcpu-7| I125: SCSI0: RESET BUS

2019-09-30T11:13:44.428+02:00| svga| I125: SVGA disabling SVGA

2019-09-30T11:13:44.743+02:00| vcpu-7| I125: SCSI0: RESET BUS

2019-09-30T11:13:51.344+02:00| vcpu-7| I125: SCSI scsi0:0: Unsupported command START STOP UNIT issued. --ok

2019-09-30T11:13:51.344+02:00| vcpu-7| I125: SCSI scsi0:0: Unsupported command START STOP UNIT issued. --ok

2019-09-30T11:13:51.344+02:00| vcpu-7| I125: SCSI scsi0:0: Unsupported command START STOP UNIT issued. --ok

2019-09-30T11:13:51.344+02:00| vcpu-7| I125: SCSI scsi0:0: Unsupported command START STOP UNIT issued. --ok

2019-09-30T11:13:51.344+02:00| vcpu-7| I125: SCSI scsi0:0: Unsupported command START STOP UNIT issued. --ok

2019-09-30T11:13:51.344+02:00| vcpu-7| I125: DISKUTIL: scsi0:0 : capacity=466096128 logical sector size=512

2019-09-30T11:13:51.380+02:00| svga| I125: WinBSOD: (28) 'Physical memory dump complete.                                                  '

2019-09-30T11:13:51.380+02:00| svga| I125: WinBSOD: (29) 'Contact your system admin or technical support group for further assistance.    '

2019-09-30T11:13:51.423+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: Chipset: The guest has requested that the virtual machine be hard reset.

2019-09-30T11:13:51.427+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: DEVICE: Resetting device 'ALL'.

2019-09-30T11:13:51.427+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: USB: Per-Device Resetting device 0x200000050e0f0003

2019-09-30T11:13:51.428+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: Tools: ToolsRunningStatus_Reset, delayedRequest is 0x27CBD79E320

2019-09-30T11:13:51.429+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: Tools: [AppStatus] Last heartbeat value 0 (never received)

2019-09-30T11:13:51.431+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: UHCI: HCReset

2019-09-30T11:13:51.439+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: CPU reset: hard (mode 0)

2019-09-30T11:13:51.439+02:00| vcpu-6| I125: CPU reset: hard (mode 0)

2019-09-30T11:13:51.439+02:00| vcpu-7| I125: CPU reset: hard (mode 0)

2019-09-30T11:13:51.439+02:00| vcpu-4| I125: CPU reset: hard (mode 0)

2019-09-30T11:13:51.439+02:00| vcpu-5| I125: CPU reset: hard (mode 0)

2019-09-30T11:13:51.439+02:00| vcpu-2| I125: CPU reset: hard (mode 0)

2019-09-30T11:13:51.439+02:00| vcpu-3| I125: CPU reset: hard (mode 0)

2019-09-30T11:13:51.439+02:00| vcpu-1| I125: CPU reset: hard (mode 0)


Thank you in advance for your help

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RDPetruska
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Did you run the second step with the Converter of "reconfiguration"?  Or did you only do the imaging step?  You need to reconfigure the converted VM so that the correct boot device drivers are installed/configured.

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REDXSA
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Hi, no i didn't. Interesting .. thanks for the information.

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