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  • 1.  Blue Screen after P2V

    Posted May 10, 2011 03:31 PM

    I am trying to P2V a server using the Import Machine in vSphere Client 4.1 and when I power on the virtual machine for the first time it blue screens. (attached screen shot).  I have tried starting in SAFE mode, but that won't even work.  It just goes in a circle of the Windows 2003 splash screen, then the blue screen, then the server restarts.

    Server specs:

    Dell Blade PowerEdge 1955

    Windows 2003 Enterprise server SP2

    Any ideas?  If more info is needed, let me know.

    thanks

    Ryan



  • 2.  RE: Blue Screen after P2V
    Best Answer

    Posted May 10, 2011 03:35 PM

    you probably did not change from IDE to SCSI.  You have options.  First, you could do the conversion again and change the controller (I believe in step 3 of the conversion process) to SCSI.  Second, change it manually, http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1016192.



  • 3.  RE: Blue Screen after P2V

    Posted May 10, 2011 03:40 PM

    If the controller is aready correct, the it could really be a filesystem problem.

    In this case run in recovery mode and perform a manual check disk.

    Andre



  • 4.  RE: Blue Screen after P2V

    Posted May 10, 2011 04:24 PM

    Thanks Troy...that option worked!