Vista - moved vhd, startup fails

09-01-2009

Hi. I have virtual machines running under VS 2005 32 bit on Windows Svr 2003.
I shut down the vms and moved the vhds and vmcs to VS 2005 64 bit on Windows
Svr 2008. When I start the vms, the start up fails after about a minute. I
see the Windows splash screen, then the screen turns gray. No mouse pointer
appears, it won't answer a ping, and eventually the VMRC quits with "No
connection" or "Connection timed out".

I'm stumped.

09-02-2009

"RocketRog" <u54452@newsgroup> wrote in message news:9b79f0b52fa39@newsgroup

Quote:

> Hi. I have virtual machines running under VS 2005 32 bit on Windows Svr
> 2003.
> I shut down the vms and moved the vhds and vmcs to VS 2005 64 bit on
> Windows
> Svr 2008. When I start the vms, the start up fails after about a minute. I
> see the Windows splash screen, then the screen turns gray. No mouse
> pointer
> appears, it won't answer a ping, and eventually the VMRC quits with "No
> connection" or "Connection timed out".
>
> I'm stumped.
>

Have you tried deleting the .vmc files and creating new vms using the
existing .vhd files?

09-03-2009

Thanks for writing!

Yes, I did. I also stripped down the new vmc to the bare minimum. The
actually vm has two hard drives and two nics. Same symptom.

Bill Grant wrote:

Quote:

>> Hi. I have virtual machines running under VS 2005 32 bit on Windows Svr
>> 2003.

>[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]

Quote:

>>
>> I'm stumped.

>
> Have you tried deleting the .vmc files and creating new vms using the
>existing .vhd files?

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09-01-2009	#1 (permalink)
RocketRog n/a posts	moved vhd, startup fails Hi. I have virtual machines running under VS 2005 32 bit on Windows Svr 2003. I shut down the vms and moved the vhds and vmcs to VS 2005 64 bit on Windows Svr 2008. When I start the vms, the start up fails after about a minute. I see the Windows splash screen, then the screen turns gray. No mouse pointer appears, it won't answer a ping, and eventually the VMRC quits with "No connection" or "Connection timed out". I'm stumped.
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09-02-2009	#2 (permalink)
Bill Grant n/a posts	Re: moved vhd, startup fails "RocketRog" <u54452@newsgroup> wrote in message news:9b79f0b52fa39@newsgroup Quote: > Hi. I have virtual machines running under VS 2005 32 bit on Windows Svr > 2003. > I shut down the vms and moved the vhds and vmcs to VS 2005 64 bit on > Windows > Svr 2008. When I start the vms, the start up fails after about a minute. I > see the Windows splash screen, then the screen turns gray. No mouse > pointer > appears, it won't answer a ping, and eventually the VMRC quits with "No > connection" or "Connection timed out". > > I'm stumped. > Have you tried deleting the .vmc files and creating new vms using the existing .vhd files?
My System Specs

09-03-2009	#3 (permalink)
RocketRog via WinServerKB.com n/a posts	Re: moved vhd, startup fails Thanks for writing! Yes, I did. I also stripped down the new vmc to the bare minimum. The actually vm has two hard drives and two nics. Same symptom. Bill Grant wrote: Quote: Quote: >> Hi. I have virtual machines running under VS 2005 32 bit on Windows Svr >> 2003. >[quoted text clipped - 7 lines] Quote: >> >> I'm stumped. > > Have you tried deleting the .vmc files and creating new vms using the >existing .vhd files? -- Message posted via WinServerKB.com http://www.winserverkb.com/Uwe/Forum...erver/200909/1
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