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VPC2007\XPVHDBootinRestart

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 09/13/2009
From: "gh" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

I have XP SP 3 installed in my VPC2007. When I started up my xp vhd it did
a disk check and fixed some errors with a few indexes. When it boots now,
the Windows XP boot screen comes up for 15 or 20 seconds, then the xp vhd
restarts. It continues to do this, it never gets to the login screen. What
would cause this and is there a log I can look at to determine the cause?

Thanks

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Re: VPC2007\XPVHDBootinRestart

Sent: 09/13/2009
From: alexdagr8est <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

ouch, VPC. Sorry man, these things are really hardcore because it
virtual. What you may need to do is put in your XP cd and try to repai
it that way or system restore it. apart from that, you may have t
reinstall your VH

--
alexdagr8es

There are 10 types of people in this world, those that understand binar
and those that dont.

Re: VPC2007\XPVHDBootinRestart

Sent: 09/14/2009
From: gh <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

alexdagr8est wrote:
I can' t even get into the vhd to try and do a restore or use my xp cd.
I did remove the vhd from VPC and create a new virtual machine and
added the vhd to it. But that went nowhere fast.

Thnaks

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> ouch, VPC. Sorry man, these things are really hardcore because its
> virtual. What you may need to do is put in your XP cd and try to repair
> it that way or system restore it. apart from that, you may have to
> reinstall your VHD
>
>

Re: VPC2007\XPVHDBootinRestart

Sent: 09/14/2009
From: "Mark Rae [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

"gh" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

The answer to this question, like at least 99% of Virtual PC questions, is
to *forget entirely* that this is a virtual machine and not a physical
machine.

Imagine you had a physical machine exhibiting exactly the same problem
which, AFAICT, is a corrupt hard disk - what would you do...?

Well, firstly you'd decide how important this machine is to you...

And if it was important enough, you'd format the disk and restore the most
recent system backup, and then take it from there. And if the disk was so
badly damaged that it couldn't be reformatted, you'd install a new one and
restore the most recent system backup onto that.

Or, if you don't have a backup because the machine isn't sufficiently
mission-critical to warrant a regular backup, you would do as has been
already suggested i.e. attempt the system restore option from your Windows
CD.

And if that failed, then you might try running a hard disk diagnosis and
recovery utility - whatever the current equivalent of Norton / Gibson is...

And if even that failed, you'd take it on the chin, make a mental note to
take regular backups of mission-critical machines, trash it, get another one
and start again...

This isn't a Virtual PC question per se...

--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

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>> ouch, VPC. Sorry man, these things are really hardcore because its
>> virtual. What you may need to do is put in your XP cd and try to repair
>> it that way or system restore it. apart from that, you may have to
>> reinstall your VHD
>>
> I can' t even get into the vhd to try and do a restore or use my xp cd. I
> did remove the vhd from VPC and create a new virtual machine and added the
> vhd to it. But that went nowhere fast.

Re: VPC2007\XPVHDBootinRestart

Sent: 09/14/2009
From: alexdagr8est <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

You can still boot to a CdRom cant you? I know you can in VMware player
that way the virtual machine can still be diagnosed and fixed

--
alexdagr8es

There are 10 types of people in this world, those that understand binar
and those that dont.

Re: VPC2007\XPVHDBootinRestart

Sent: 09/18/2009
From: "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

"gh" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

Booting from the XP cd should always be possible. You are not yet accessing
the vhd when you do so. Unless you changed the BIOS settings in the virtual
machine, the cd should boot by first mounting it and then using Reset on the
console Action menu.

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> alexdagr8est wrote:
>> ouch, VPC. Sorry man, these things are really hardcore because its
>> virtual. What you may need to do is put in your XP cd and try to repair
>> it that way or system restore it. apart from that, you may have to
>> reinstall your VHD
>>
>>
> I can' t even get into the vhd to try and do a restore or use my xp cd. I
> did remove the vhd from VPC and create a new virtual machine and added the
> vhd to it. But that went nowhere fast.
>
> Thnaks

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