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Vlad-ASTIS · 12-11-2011

Hi All, I am trying to use SSR 2011 to do a one-time virtual conversion from a cold-boot backup of a physical machine. The conversion from .v2i to .vmdk is fine however, when booting up the VM, it wont boot. Has no MBR. I have to insert a MS Windows ...

Vlad-ASTIS · 12-20-2011

Good news. Problem solved. It turns out I originally restored the images to the physical machine with C and D on the second HDD (multibay) and E on the first HDD (internal) of the laptop. So when SSR backed it up, it did not backup the MBR which was ...

Vlad-ASTIS · 12-18-2011

Hi All, Have downloaded an MBR reader that will extract MBRs from VMDKs. The 2003 System drive VMDK has an MBR but the XP System drive VMDK does not at all. I also verified by converting the VMDKs to a single preallocated type and extracted the first...

Vlad-ASTIS · 12-14-2011

Update, I used vmware-vdiskmanager to convert (using a convoluted process) the SCSI format VMDKs to IDE VMDKs. Created a new VM and added the IDE VMDKs to it. However, it still wont boot. I am at a loss here.

Vlad-ASTIS · 12-13-2011

I think I know what is going on now. Got the Windows 2003 server working now. Don't know what happened previously. I then tried to create a new VM for the XP (instead of using an existing VMX file). However, when I add the vmdks, they are added as SC...

Vlad-ASTIS · 12-12-2011

Hi Markus, I did as you suggested. Held down the Shift+Ctrl and then clicked on the One Time Virtual Conversion Task. However, the converted VMDKs still does not boot. Just get a blank screen with a blinking cursor. When I mounted the system drive VM...

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SSR 2011 One time virtual conversion MBR issue

Good news. Problem solved. It

Hi All, Have downloaded an

Update, I used

I think I know what is going

Hi Mark,I did as you