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Fatal: Could not read from boot medium! System halted.

Posted: 31. Dec 2012, 21:24
by JuanZ
Hello,

I installed a VM into a network server computer - Windows Server 2003 R2 to be exact. I installed Windows XP into the machine, connected it to the domain, and installed all the applications I needed on it. It works fine for a couple hours before crashing and giving me the "Fatal" error. I only have the hard disk that I created selected on the boot order. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Re: Fatal: Could not read from boot medium! System halted.

Posted: 1. Jan 2013, 12:47
by noteirak
Edit : Forgot what I said, I've read your post wrong.

Re: Fatal: Could not read from boot medium! System halted.

Posted: 1. Jan 2013, 13:30
by mpack
I suspect a network glitch or bandwidth problem, perhaps a backup task starting up. That and likely poor performance are reasons I would not locate a virtual disk on a network drive.

Re: Fatal: Could not read from boot medium! System halted.

Posted: 8. Jan 2013, 17:45
by JuanZ
Thanks mpack! It was in fact a backup task that would stop the VM. All is good now thanks. :D