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| | Virtual Image continuosly restarting I'm experiencing something strange. I have a *.vhd file of Windows XP SP2, created on Virtual PC 2007 SP1 and I've backed up the .vhd file for other reasons. Recently, I deleted my currently working .vhd file and restored the .vhd file from my backup, by choosing 'Use default settings to create a viurtual machine' from the New option of Virtual PC menu. Afterwards, I booted my .vhd image. And there starts all the issues. The .vhd image boots succesfully to desktop. After few minutes (2-3 minutes approx) my .vhd images re-bootes automatically. This process is repeating. As a first step, I booted my .vhd image to Safe-Mode, where its not showing any problem. I disabled all the services and startup items and again boot normally to my desktop, where its getting restarted after 2-3 minutes. BTW, I'm using Win7 RC. I tested the same .vhd file on my Windows XP SP2 machine (which is dual booted with Win7 RC). I'm getting the same restarting problem there also. Hope this makes some sense. Any ideas why my .vhd image is continuosly restarting? Is there any solution, other than re-creating the .vhd image? Looking forward for valuable responses. Thanks. -- Sometimes, Difficult things are possible... |
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| | Re: Virtual Image continuosly restarting I'd also go to the Control panel -> system -> Advanced system settings -> Startup and Recovery settings - Uncheck "Automatically restart". Next time it crashes, instead of rebooting it'll show a BSOD screen with an error message on the top. Copy that down and them maybe we can figure out what the problem is. The next thing I'd try is running a chkdsk, either booting the VM from an install disk, or setting it to run on next reboot. (with the /f option) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265 -- Bob Comer On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:51:02 -0700, A64+ <A64@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >I'm experiencing something strange. > >I have a *.vhd file of Windows XP SP2, created on Virtual PC 2007 SP1 and >I've backed up the .vhd file for other reasons. > >Recently, I deleted my currently working .vhd file and restored the .vhd >file from my backup, by choosing 'Use default settings to create a viurtual >machine' from the New option of Virtual PC menu. Afterwards, I booted my .vhd >image. And there starts all the issues. > >The .vhd image boots succesfully to desktop. After few minutes (2-3 minutes >approx) my .vhd images re-bootes automatically. This process is repeating. > >As a first step, I booted my .vhd image to Safe-Mode, where its not showing >any problem. I disabled all the services and startup items and again boot >normally to my desktop, where its getting restarted after 2-3 minutes. > >BTW, I'm using Win7 RC. I tested the same .vhd file on my Windows XP SP2 >machine (which is dual booted with Win7 RC). I'm getting the same restarting >problem there also. > >Hope this makes some sense. > >Any ideas why my .vhd image is continuosly restarting? >Is there any solution, other than re-creating the .vhd image? > >Looking forward for valuable responses. > >Thanks. |
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| | Re: Virtual Image continuosly restarting Hi Robert, Here is the screenshot for the BSOD. http://img391.imageshack.us/i/bsod.jpg/ BTW, I'd run checkdisk on my c:\. This took me to another strange thing effect. Now, checkdisk will be automatically triggered everytime my .vhd restarts, even if a successful checkdisk has been performed. Looking forward for your reply. -- Sometimes, Difficult things are possible... "Robert Comer" wrote: Quote: > I'd also go to the Control panel -> system -> Advanced system settings > -> Startup and Recovery settings - Uncheck "Automatically restart". > Next time it crashes, instead of rebooting it'll show a BSOD screen > with an error message on the top. Copy that down and them maybe we > can figure out what the problem is. > > The next thing I'd try is running a chkdsk, either booting the VM from > an install disk, or setting it to run on next reboot. (with the /f > option) > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265 > > -- > Bob Comer > > > > On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:51:02 -0700, A64+ > <A64@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: > >I'm experiencing something strange. > > > >I have a *.vhd file of Windows XP SP2, created on Virtual PC 2007 SP1 and > >I've backed up the .vhd file for other reasons. > > > >Recently, I deleted my currently working .vhd file and restored the .vhd > >file from my backup, by choosing 'Use default settings to create a viurtual > >machine' from the New option of Virtual PC menu. Afterwards, I booted my .vhd > >image. And there starts all the issues. > > > >The .vhd image boots succesfully to desktop. After few minutes (2-3 minutes > >approx) my .vhd images re-bootes automatically. This process is repeating. > > > >As a first step, I booted my .vhd image to Safe-Mode, where its not showing > >any problem. I disabled all the services and startup items and again boot > >normally to my desktop, where its getting restarted after 2-3 minutes. > > > >BTW, I'm using Win7 RC. I tested the same .vhd file on my Windows XP SP2 > >machine (which is dual booted with Win7 RC). I'm getting the same restarting > >problem there also. > > > >Hope this makes some sense. > > > >Any ideas why my .vhd image is continuosly restarting? > >Is there any solution, other than re-creating the .vhd image? > > > >Looking forward for valuable responses. > > > >Thanks. |
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| | Re: Virtual Image continuosly restarting >Here is the screenshot for the BSOD.A stop 0x00000051 is a nasty one, it's registry corruption. There's a couple things to try, the first is easy and it may work -- when booting the VM, press F8 when the OS starts booting up to get to the boot menu and select "Last Known Good" and follow the prompts from there. If that doesn't work it's tougher. Try this for creating a new user profile for the one you normally log in to when booting: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151 If that doesn't work, you might have to recreate the VM altogether. (make sure and keep the original .VHD file so you can attach it to your new VM and copy off the files you need.) -- Bob Comer On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:26:02 -0700, A64+ <A64@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Hi Robert, > >Here is the screenshot for the BSOD. >http://img391.imageshack.us/i/bsod.jpg/ > >BTW, I'd run checkdisk on my c:\. This took me to another strange thing >effect. Now, checkdisk will be automatically triggered everytime my .vhd >restarts, even if a successful checkdisk has been performed. > >Looking forward for your reply. |
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| | Re: Virtual Image continuosly restarting Nothing worked. I'm experiencing the same error. I started re-installing the same. Thanks for yor help. -- Sometimes, Difficult things are possible... "Robert Comer" wrote: Quote: Quote: > A stop 0x00000051 is a nasty one, it's registry corruption. > > There's a couple things to try, the first is easy and it may work -- > when booting the VM, press F8 when the OS starts booting up to get to > the boot menu and select "Last Known Good" and follow the prompts from > there. > > If that doesn't work it's tougher. Try this for creating a new user > profile for the one you normally log in to when booting: > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151 > > If that doesn't work, you might have to recreate the VM altogether. > (make sure and keep the original .VHD file so you can attach it to > your new VM and copy off the files you need.) > > -- > Bob Comer > > > > On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:26:02 -0700, A64+ > <A64@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: > >Hi Robert, > > > >Here is the screenshot for the BSOD. > >http://img391.imageshack.us/i/bsod.jpg/ > > > >BTW, I'd run checkdisk on my c:\. This took me to another strange thing > >effect. Now, checkdisk will be automatically triggered everytime my .vhd > >restarts, even if a successful checkdisk has been performed. > > > >Looking forward for your reply. |
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| | Re: Virtual Image continuosly restarting No problem, sorry I couldn't help any more than that. ![]() -- Bob Comer On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 10:21:01 -0700, A64+ <A64@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Nothing worked. I'm experiencing the same error. > >I started re-installing the same. Thanks for yor help. |
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| | Re: Virtual Image continuosly restarting No need ot be upset. Atleat you teach me some cool troubleshooting techniques. Thanks for that and take care -- Sometimes, Difficult things are possible... "Robert Comer" wrote: Quote: > No problem, sorry I couldn't help any more than that. ![]() > > -- > Bob Comer > > > On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 10:21:01 -0700, A64+ > <A64@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: > >Nothing worked. I'm experiencing the same error. > > > >I started re-installing the same. Thanks for yor help. |
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