Porting a guest from VirtualPC crashes all the time

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pmarini
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Porting a guest from VirtualPC crashes all the time

Post by pmarini »

Hello,

I'm trying to move a VPC (VirtualPC) machine to VirtualBox in the following way:
- attach a second (virtual) drive to the original VPC
- boot SystemRescueCD and use partimage to dump the VPC to a file on the 2nd drive
- reboot the VPC and copy the image file onto the Host
- create a new machine with 2 drives
- boot and copy the the file from the Host to the 2nd drive
- boot SystemRescueCD and restore the image onto the 1st drive with partimage
- verify partition is active and fix MBR if needed
- boot
- crash! (blue screen)

Any idea what settings should I look at in VirtualBox ?

Thanks
stefan.becker
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Post by stefan.becker »

Look at the FAQ / Howtos on VB Homepage, migrating Windows.
Papa Echo
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Post by Papa Echo »

stefan.becker wrote:Look at the FAQ / Howtos on VB Homepage, migrating Windows.
Where can I find it? Do you have an URL?
MfG

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Ingo
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Post by Ingo »

You have to repair the installation.
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Migrate_Windows
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