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Posted: 17 October 2009 at 5:56pm

I'm getting something similar. I created VHD and then installed Virtual PC 2007 SP1 on same machine, create vmc and attached vhd. I am getting "Master Boot Record Error". Is this vhd supposed to be able to run on XP with VPC2007SP1 or will it only run on Win7? I was hoping to test before wiping this machine and installing Win7

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Posted: 19 October 2009 at 11:21pm

Have you tried booting with Virtualbox instead of VirtualPC?

Some of the posts seem to say an issue with some versions of Virtual PC. Virtualbox may be the trick for now.

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Posted: 20 October 2009 at 9:50pm

Yep, tried VirtualBox and it just hangs with the black boot screen. I think this utility is hosed and until they issue a patch, it's worthless.

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Posted: 23 October 2009 at 1:26am

This may be a stupid question, but has anyone tried booting from the WinXP disc and doing an in-place installation? Desperately need a machine I converted up. I can mount the VHD so I guess if worse comes to worse I can copy the files out but dang.

Edited by jl - 23 October 2009 at 1:26am

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Posted: 24 October 2009 at 1:03am

Well I at least got my machine up and running using an In-place Repair/installation. Hopefully the Utility is fixed to actually do a real p2v conversion.

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Posted: 25 October 2009 at 10:50am

Hi all,

i found the solution:

Start VM with the XP cdrom in the player.

boot from cd-rom and press R this will load the recovery console

goto system32 directory, cd system32

type: expand d:\i386\halacpi.dl_ and press enter

type: copy halacpi.dll hal.dll and press enter, type Y to overwrite

reboot the VM

boot in normal mode and update all drivers, this is a automated proces, but check it

reboot again in normal mode

install VM additions

and see, you got your old VM back in business, but now virtual !!

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Posted: 26 October 2009 at 6:06pm

I wanted to reply to state that replacing my hal.dll seemed to fix the booting issue with a boot vhd i created with disk2vhd. i just had to boot it into safe mode to remove a couple hasp device drivers.

thanks for the solution!

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Posted: 26 October 2009 at 6:44pm

tool not done yet

Mark needs to tell us which version of VPC on which host this work

obv not his best attempt

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Posted: 26 October 2009 at 7:12pm

We have done extensive testing on many systems at our disposal without issue. If you figure out what's wrong in your particular configuration, please let us know so that we can address it.

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Posted: 26 October 2009 at 8:31pm

So far I've had no luck with my Server 2003 VHD. I tried the halacpi.dll trick, but that didn't work at all. I was able to install Server 2003 on top of itself (repair), which worked. But that kinda defeats the purpose of the tool.

The original box I used disk2vhd was using Server 2003 R2 standard edition, SP2 (32bit). Intel Xeon CPU X5450 with 4gb ram.

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kgbuckeye Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 October 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Quote Reply Topic: how to boot vhd created by disk2vhd Posted: 17 October 2009 at 5:56pm
	I'm getting something similar. I created VHD and then installed Virtual PC 2007 SP1 on same machine, create vmc and attached vhd. I am getting "Master Boot Record Error". Is this vhd supposed to be able to run on XP with VPC2007SP1 or will it only run on Win7? I was hoping to test before wiping this machine and installing Win7

asjones Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 20 May 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Quote Reply Posted: 19 October 2009 at 11:21pm
	Have you tried booting with Virtualbox instead of VirtualPC? Some of the posts seem to say an issue with some versions of Virtual PC. Virtualbox may be the trick for now.

kgbuckeye Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 October 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Quote Reply Posted: 20 October 2009 at 9:50pm
	Yep, tried VirtualBox and it just hangs with the black boot screen. I think this utility is hosed and until they issue a patch, it's worthless.

jl Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 23 October 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Quote Reply Posted: 23 October 2009 at 1:26am
	This may be a stupid question, but has anyone tried booting from the WinXP disc and doing an in-place installation? Desperately need a machine I converted up. I can mount the VHD so I guess if worse comes to worse I can copy the files out but dang. Edited by jl - 23 October 2009 at 1:26am

jl Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 23 October 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Quote Reply Posted: 24 October 2009 at 1:03am
	Well I at least got my machine up and running using an In-place Repair/installation. Hopefully the Utility is fixed to actually do a real p2v conversion.

theben Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 14 October 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Quote Reply Posted: 25 October 2009 at 10:50am
	Hi all, i found the solution: Start VM with the XP cdrom in the player. boot from cd-rom and press R this will load the recovery console login with local administrator password of the VM goto system32 directory, cd system32 type: expand d:\i386\halacpi.dl_ and press enter type: copy halacpi.dll hal.dll and press enter, type Y to overwrite reboot the VM boot in normal mode and update all drivers, this is a automated proces, but check it reboot again in normal mode install VM additions and see, you got your old VM back in business, but now virtual !!

trs804ever Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 26 October 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Quote Reply Posted: 26 October 2009 at 6:06pm
	I wanted to reply to state that replacing my hal.dll seemed to fix the booting issue with a boot vhd i created with disk2vhd. i just had to boot it into safe mode to remove a couple hasp device drivers. thanks for the solution!

bytehd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 18 March 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 23	Quote Reply Posted: 26 October 2009 at 6:44pm
	tool not done yet Mark needs to tell us which version of VPC on which host this work obv not his best attempt

Mark Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 04 June 2005 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 455	Quote Reply Posted: 26 October 2009 at 7:12pm
	We have done extensive testing on many systems at our disposal without issue. If you figure out what's wrong in your particular configuration, please let us know so that we can address it.

PaulH1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 13 October 2009 Location: NJ Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Quote Reply Posted: 26 October 2009 at 8:31pm
	So far I've had no luck with my Server 2003 VHD. I tried the halacpi.dll trick, but that didn't work at all. I was able to install Server 2003 on top of itself (repair), which worked. But that kinda defeats the purpose of the tool. The original box I used disk2vhd was using Server 2003 R2 standard edition, SP2 (32bit). Intel Xeon CPU X5450 with 4gb ram.