Vista - lost vhd files - Hyper-V

07-21-2009

Hi,

I lost the partition containing the original fixed size vhd files.
However, I have snapshots. A root snapshot and a big one.
I recreated the virtual machine, but if I try to use the edit disk wizard,
it pops up an error: "the chain of virtual hard disks is broken" and "the
system cannot locate the parent virtual disk'.

Is there any chance to recover the virtual machine?

Thanks

07-23-2009

No, without the base virtual hard disk the snapshot files cannot be used.

Cheers,
Benjamin Armstrong
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Windows Virtualization

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Vlad wrote:

Quote:

> Hi,
>
> I lost the partition containing the original fixed size vhd files.
> However, I have snapshots. A root snapshot and a big one.
> I recreated the virtual machine, but if I try to use the edit disk wizard,
> it pops up an error: "the chain of virtual hard disks is broken" and "the
> system cannot locate the parent virtual disk'.
>
> Is there any chance to recover the virtual machine?
>
> Thanks

07-21-2009	#1 (permalink)
Vlad n/a posts	lost vhd files - Hyper-V Hi, I lost the partition containing the original fixed size vhd files. However, I have snapshots. A root snapshot and a big one. I recreated the virtual machine, but if I try to use the edit disk wizard, it pops up an error: "the chain of virtual hard disks is broken" and "the system cannot locate the parent virtual disk'. Is there any chance to recover the virtual machine? Thanks
My System Specs

07-23-2009	#2 (permalink)
Benjamin Armstrong [MSFT] n/a posts	Re: lost vhd files - Hyper-V No, without the base virtual hard disk the snapshot files cannot be used. Cheers, Benjamin Armstrong =========================== Senior Program Manager Lead Windows Virtualization Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/Virtual_PC_Guy Book: http://tinyurl.com/ysxcbm This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. You assume all risk for your use. Vlad wrote: Quote: > Hi, > > I lost the partition containing the original fixed size vhd files. > However, I have snapshots. A root snapshot and a big one. > I recreated the virtual machine, but if I try to use the edit disk wizard, > it pops up an error: "the chain of virtual hard disks is broken" and "the > system cannot locate the parent virtual disk'. > > Is there any chance to recover the virtual machine? > > Thanks
My System Specs

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