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Windows 2008 VM guest on Windows 11 host
Posted: 16. Feb 2022, 19:38
by 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
Re: Windows 2008 VM guest on Windows 11 host
Posted: 16. Feb 2022, 23:10
by scottgus1
Did you have only the .vhd file and not the accompanying .vbox file?
Dimitrisv wrote: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?
Dimitrisv wrote: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.
Re: Windows 2008 VM guest on Windows 11 host
Posted: 17. Feb 2022, 21:50
by Dimitrisv
Thank you Scott.
At least I can try the various controllers and see if this does the trick.
Re: Windows 2008 VM guest on Windows 11 host
Posted: 17. Feb 2022, 21:57
by 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?
Re: Windows 2008 VM guest on Windows 11 host
Posted: 18. Feb 2022, 08:33
by BillG
Dimitrisv wrote: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?