Windows 2008 VM guest on Windows 11 host

[Dimitrisv]

Hello,

I had installed a Windows 2008 R2 machine sometime ago. Needed the files contained to it and created a new Windows 2008 x64 guest and attached the disk.

I am getting these errors (the disk is recognised, the windows try to boot and get a blue screen of death).

I am sure that there is something different in the configuration of the orginal machine from the one I recreated but after spending more than a couple of hours fiddling with various settings, I cannot figure it out.

Please find attached both logs.

Thank you!

Dimitris

[scottgus1]

Did you have only the .vhd file and not the accompanying .vbox file?

get a blue screen of death

The BSOD error code might have helped in diagnosing the error condition. Fortunately the vbox log has it:

00:00:25.258461 VMMDev: Guest Log: VBoxGuest: BugCheck! P0=0x7b P1=0xfffff880009ae7e8 P2=0xffffffffc0000034 P3=0x0 P4=0x0

7B was the XP error code when the disk was mounted on the wrong disk controller. Maybe it's the same in 2008?

Needed the files contained to it

.vhd's can mount in the Windows host OS directly, web-search how to do this in 11. You might be able to skip the VM.

[Dimitrisv]

Thank you Scott.

At least I can try the various controllers and see if this does the trick.

[Dimitrisv]

I tried various favourite combinations but to no avail. It may has to do with the fact that the VM version is different.

Is there a way that in the repair mode I can make it to load the latest drivers?

[BillG]

I tried various favourite combinations but to no avail. It may has to do with the fact that the VM version is different.

Different from what?

If you are booting from a new vm, it was created using the version of VirtualBox you have currently installed on your host PC.

You say that you created a new vm and attached the disk. To me, that means that you created a new vm with a new virtual disk and then attached your .vhd as a second drive. However, I suspect that in fact you created a new vm using your existing virtual hard drive. That is a very different kettle of fish!

What exactly did you do?