Hyper-V Virtual machine boot summary, No x64-based UEFI bootloader was found

Ali Riaz 1 Reputation point
2021-08-04T05:17:58.9+00:00

Dear all,
I have created virtual machine using existing Hard disk(.VHDX) through Disk2vhd software and hyper-v, Actually i wanna convert my physical machine(MS server 2008 R2 ) into virtual machine but i have facing the error "No x64-based UEFI bootloader was found", please help me out...
Thanks and regards
AliRiaz

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A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
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  1. Eric Siron 1,256 Reputation points MVP
    2021-08-06T17:56:16.117+00:00

    The source system was traditional BIOS, not UEFI, so UEFI cannot find the Windows installation on the VHDX. Create a new generation 1 VM and attach the VHDX to that.

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