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spreadsheeticus
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Converter P2V BSOD on startup - Multiple Windows XP installations

I haven't run into too many problems with p2v, but this one is proving difficult.  The source desktop is running Windows XP SP3 32-bit, and has a few old applications that can't be recovered. 

The applications were originally installed on C:, which is also where the data is stored. 

There is a Windows folder on C: 

However, Windows is running from D:, in an entirely separate install. 

Not sure why this was done this way, but I'm pretty sure that this is the reason why I am getting a BSOD during startup. 

Is there any way to fix this without reinstalling from scratch?

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sparrowangelste
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try changing the contoller type

or

try using converter 3.03 per continuum

http://communities.vmware.com/message/2023805#2023805

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POCEH
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The Converter should find the correct Windows folder if you converting 'This Local Machine'. Most probably you need to chage the destination disk controller to be SCSI (LSA). HTH

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jdptechnc
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Well that's a different setup... Smiley Happy

You may be stuck having to repair the OS installation after the repair... I wonder if during the conversion, it switched the active/system partitions around or something.

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sparrowangelste
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try changing the contoller type

or

try using converter 3.03 per continuum

http://communities.vmware.com/message/2023805#2023805

--------------------- Sparrowangelstechnology : Vmware lover http://sparrowangelstechnology.blogspot.com
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spreadsheeticus
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Thank you sparrowangel.

I downloaded 3.0.3, and re-converted the source.  This went perfectly!

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