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08-15-2008

On Aug 15, 5:51*pm, Steve Jain <norepl...@-.essjae.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:25:38 -0700 (PDT), sid <sidwe...@xxxxxx>
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> >On Aug 15, 5:02*pm, "Mark Rae [MVP]" <m...@xxxxxx> wrote:

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> >> "sid" <sidwe...@xxxxxx> wrote in message

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> >>news:a8f183b9-60e5-4841-b575-6f9d6817f61e@xxxxxx

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> >> > Ran 'Fdisk' and selected option '2. *Set active partition'

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> >> > It shows only one partition and at the bottom it reads:
> >> > "The only startable partition on Drive 1 is already set active."

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> >> 1) Reboot the VM

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> >> 2) As soon as the boot process starts, hit the Delete key to enter theBIOS

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> >> 3) Using the arrow keys, move the the Boot tab and hit Enter to enter the
> >> Boot Device Priority tab

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> >> What do you see in priorities 1 to 4...?

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> >> It's a huge long shot, but I'm wondering whether somehow the virtual hard
> >> disk is no longer configured as a bootable device in the virtual machine's
> >> BIOS...

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> >> --
> >> Mark Rae
> >> ASP.NET MVPhttp://www.markrae.net

> >Got it to work !, *Its not the bios, but that’s nice to know that a
> >virt bios is there.

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> >I created a new VM and new VHD and then format /s to get a good format
> >and a system transfer the way that it wanted it. *Then create a 2nd
> >temp VHD attach it to the original VM and Xcopy the whole drive to it.
> >Turn off that VM, attach the 2nd temp VHD to the new VM and start,
> >xcopy all that stuff back to the new VHD. *Stop, start, boots
> >correctly ...

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> >One question though, On the first xcopy from the original vhd created
> >by the disk wizard I got a couple of read failures, "could not read
> >from sector, fail, ignore, abort ... " *I ignored twice and the copy
> >went on, and I noticed that the folder that was currently being copied
> >was probably not used any more. But why did that happen ? * Shouldn't
> >the disk wizard checked all that stuff on the way in or did it just
> >perform a image copy ?

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> >Thanks

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> >Sid.

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> If you xcopy files you still need to run the SYS command on the drive
> in order for it to boot. *Copying boot files does not make an HD
> bootable, only format /s or SYS C: will do that.
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> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVPhttp://vpc.essjae.com/
> I do not work for Microsoft.- Hide quoted text -
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Thats what I did.

But how did I get sector read fails from a virtual disk ?

08-15-2008	#8 (permalink)
sid n/a posts	Re: running Dos 6.2 inside Virtual PC On Aug 15, 5:51pm, Steve Jain <norepl...@-.essjae.com> wrote: Quote: > On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:25:38 -0700 (PDT), sid <sidwe...@xxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > > Quote: > >On Aug 15, 5:02pm, "Mark Rae [MVP]" <m...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > >> "sid" <sidwe...@xxxxxx> wrote in message > Quote: Quote: > >>news:a8f183b9-60e5-4841-b575-6f9d6817f61e@xxxxxx > Quote: Quote: > >> > Ran 'Fdisk' and selected option '2. Set active partition' > Quote: Quote: > >> > It shows only one partition and at the bottom it reads: > >> > "The only startable partition on Drive 1 is already set active." > Quote: Quote: > >> 1) Reboot the VM > Quote: Quote: > >> 2) As soon as the boot process starts, hit the Delete key to enter theBIOS > Quote: Quote: > >> 3) Using the arrow keys, move the the Boot tab and hit Enter to enter the > >> Boot Device Priority tab > Quote: Quote: > >> What do you see in priorities 1 to 4...? > Quote: Quote: > >> It's a huge long shot, but I'm wondering whether somehow the virtual hard > >> disk is no longer configured as a bootable device in the virtual machine's > >> BIOS... > Quote: Quote: > >> -- > >> Mark Rae > >> ASP.NET MVPhttp://www.markrae.net > >Got it to work !, Its not the bios, but that’s nice to know that a > >virt bios is there. > Quote: > >I created a new VM and new VHD and then format /s to get a good format > >and a system transfer the way that it wanted it. Then create a 2nd > >temp VHD attach it to the original VM and Xcopy the whole drive to it. > >Turn off that VM, attach the 2nd temp VHD to the new VM and start, > >xcopy all that stuff back to the new VHD. Stop, start, boots > >correctly ... > Quote: > >One question though, On the first xcopy from the original vhd created > >by the disk wizard I got a couple of read failures, "could not read > >from sector, fail, ignore, abort ... " I ignored twice and the copy > >went on, and I noticed that the folder that was currently being copied > >was probably not used any more. But why did that happen ? Shouldn't > >the disk wizard checked all that stuff on the way in or did it just > >perform a image copy ? > Quote: > >Thanks > Quote: > >Sid. > > If you xcopy files you still need to run the SYS command on the drive > in order for it to boot. *Copying boot files does not make an HD > bootable, only format /s or SYS C: will do that. > > -- > Cheers, > Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVPhttp://vpc.essjae.com/ > I do not work for Microsoft.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Thats what I did. But how did I get sector read fails from a virtual disk ?
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