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  • 1.  Windows 7 slow boot time

    Posted Nov 18, 2009 11:22 AM

    We are running 3 ESX4 servers on VM Vsphere 4 in our prduction enviroment. Im trying to get Windows 7 32 or 54bit to run reliably in a VM enviroment. I have read a few post saying to uninstall the SVGA driver as that causes reliability problems. The problem im experiencing is that Windows 7 64 or 32 bit seems to take 20+ minutes to boot to the logon screen.

    I have given the VMs 4Gb of ram, 60Gb HDD space which should be plenty.

    Is there any advice out there?



  • 2.  RE: Windows 7 slow boot time

    Posted Nov 18, 2009 12:59 PM

    Try to disable FDD and CD.

    StarWind Software R&D



  • 3.  RE: Windows 7 slow boot time

    Posted Nov 18, 2009 01:35 PM

    Hi,

    Thanks for your response. I have trie dthat but it doesnt seem to make any difference. What im finding is that If I power the VM off and then on again 3 out of 5 times it will boot normally. Very strange.



  • 4.  RE: Windows 7 slow boot time

    Posted Nov 18, 2009 03:37 PM

    You should wait until tomorrow, when hopefully U1 is released with View4, and U1 will hopefully support Windows 7, as it is not supported right now.

    Cheers

    Michel