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  • 1.  Windows XP virtualisation problem/ bluescreen

    Posted Aug 30, 2017 10:42 AM

    Hello,

    i'm trying to provide a XP-guest OS for my study. In order to get this i use the Software "VMware vCenter Converter Standalone V.6.1.1" (should be the lateste version) on my xp-device and convert the local machine by using default settings. The hypervisor is the "Vmware Workstation 12 Player". After the conversion i try to run it and the OS starts normaly but after a short loading-screen it appears a blue-screen and then a message "windows cant be started successfully...the reason could be a software-/hardware change...safe mode". i tried safe mode und different kind of conversion setting but nothing worked. so please help me...

    sorry for my broken english

    regards



  • 2.  RE: Windows XP virtualisation problem/ bluescreen

    Posted Aug 30, 2017 11:19 AM

    Welcome to the Community,

    Please provide a screenshot of the bluescreen, and attach the VM's latest vmware.log to a reply post.

    André



  • 3.  RE: Windows XP virtualisation problem/ bluescreen

    Posted Aug 30, 2017 01:04 PM

    Here are the bluescreen (german os) and the logfile. hope you can finde the issue.

    regards



  • 4.  RE: Windows XP virtualisation problem/ bluescreen

    Posted Sep 01, 2017 06:08 PM

    Have a look at this thread by continuum - Latest Converter corrupts XP boot files. In there, he mentions that there may be an issue with the latest VMware Converter utility possibly corrupting the boot sector in Windows XP.



  • 5.  RE: Windows XP virtualisation problem/ bluescreen

    Posted Sep 01, 2017 06:40 PM

    Hi Doug
    this is a different problem.
    OPs VM boots fine it just runs into a 7E bluescreen while starting services.
    7E bsods are trickier than 7Bs - this problem may require to boot the XP from a PE-CD and make manual registry adjustments.
    In my case Converter has corrupted the ntldr file - thats the partitionboot-sector and so XP was not able to boot at all.
    It may help to run the Converter "configure machine" option again but I doubt that that will be enough.
    Looks like manual intervention is required.
    Ulli



  • 6.  RE: Windows XP virtualisation problem/ bluescreen

    Posted Sep 01, 2017 06:43 PM

    Ah! Thanks for the clarification!



  • 7.  RE: Windows XP virtualisation problem/ bluescreen

    Posted Sep 01, 2017 06:47 PM

    Hi Matthias
    you configured the VM in a way that I would not recommend for the first start after P2V.
    Do NOT configure more CPU-cores as the original machine used.
    Also do not assign more RAM than the original machine used.
    Remove USB,soundcard and all parallel and serial ports.
    You can re-add them later one by one but first you have to survive the first boot.
    If it is important feel free to call me via skype: ich spreche auch deutsch und kenne mich gut mit dem Thema aus.
    Ulli



  • 8.  RE: Windows XP virtualisation problem/ bluescreen

    Posted Sep 04, 2017 12:35 PM

    Hi Ulli

    thanks for your advice. i recaptured the mashine and deleted all the useless hardware-componants befor i started the vm for the first time and now i can start it in safe-mode. The next step for me is to figure out how to solve the problem in safe mode. If there is a progress/problem i will inform you.

    greetings



  • 9.  RE: Windows XP virtualisation problem/ bluescreen

    Posted Sep 04, 2017 02:15 PM

    Next step would be to disable all services that are no longer required in the virtual environment