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Bluescreet at startup after virtualization

Emilie_R 6 Reputation points
2022-06-21T11:27:02.567+00:00

Hello,

(sorry for my english, this is a 95% google trad)

I work in a small company and due to technical issues, I'm trying to virtualize an old server.
It would be impossible to rebuild (software) the server from scratch and the only solution is the virtualization. It operates in a small dedicated LAN so security about keeping an old system is not a problem.

The current technical characteristics are as follows: 

i5-3610ME - 3.3 GHz (2 cores)  
8GB DDR3 1333MHz  
512 GB HDD  
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 315 graphics card.

I used a bootable USB key to make an image of the server's hard drive, I installed VMWare on a PC running Windows 10 pro (i7 10 875H, 16 GB RAM, 1TB NVME SSD ), I created a virtual machine (8 GB RAM, 1 2-core proc, 512 GB HDD, 1 network card, USB 2.0), booted to an ISO and applied the image to the virtual disk.
With that, my virtual disk is the exact copy of the real server.

But, when I run the virtual machine, the Windows logo appears, 3-4s, and... blue screen of the VM:

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The results I could find on the internet speak of a boot problem, but the Windows logo appears so I don't think that's the case with my problem. If there was a boot problem, I would get an error message like "no OS found" or something like that and the Windows logo would not appear. Especially since after a blue screen, I have the choice of the boot mode I want (safe mode, etc.).
I don't know if that changes anything, but the server was running Windows 7 Embedded. I guess whoever built it wanted to do things clean but I don't master this variant of the OS at all... I'm just a passionate, my experience in this kind of case is very limited.

I tried a lot of things, including:

  • creation of 2 other VMs so that the hard disk is connected as IDE or SATA (instead of SCI by default)
  • installation of a classic Windows 7 in another VM, update of the latter and installation of the VM tools then copy of the contents of its folder c:\Windows\System32\drivers to the same folder of the virtualized server (via bootable ISO )
  • ditto with an ISO of Windows 7 Embedded freshly downloaded and installed
  • activation of the debug mode of the virtualized server, no error in the loading list, the blue screen occurs afterwards (3-4s after the logo appears)
  • modification of the registery (from an Hirens ISO) to switch some services to start at 0.

Nothing worked and I don't see what approach could solve the problem...

Edit : There is a video : 722842618

Do you have a solution or an idea to test?

Thank you very much !

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  1. Emilie_R 6 Reputation points
    2022-06-23T08:57:56.573+00:00

    Solution found :

    • Go to regedit and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services
    • Find the following folders: aliide, amdide, atapi, cmdide, iastor (may not exists), iastorV, intelide, LSI_SAS, msahci, pciide and viaide
    • Set all their "start" value to 0 in order to enable all theses drivers at boot
    • Save your changes
    • Set hard disk to IDE.
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  2. essjae 251 Reputation points
    2022-06-22T08:18:57.897+00:00

    Essentially, you've pulled a hard drive out of one computer and stuck it in another. You're seeing this bluescreen since Windows is now trying to boot on different hardware without the correct drivers. I think the boot logo suggesting there's no boot problem is a mistake. The boot logo will appear while Windows is still in the process of booting.

    Some questions:
    VMware what? Workstation, Player? What version?
    What and how did yohu make the image?
    Have you matched the storage type (IDE, SATA, SCSI) from the old server on the VMware VM? Getting as close as possible is the best option.
    Have you attempted to boot in Safe Mode?
    Have you tried running the VMware Converter (https://customerconnect.vmware.com/downloads/info/slug/datacenter_download_archives/vmware_vcenter_converter/5_5) and making an image from that?

    If you're having additional issues with a VMware product, you should also try their support communities, since this one is mainly focused on Windows 10/11's Hyper-V

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  3. Emilie_R 6 Reputation points
    2022-06-22T08:54:05.853+00:00

    Thank you for your answer !

    • I'm using VMWare Workstation Pro 16.2.3 build-19376536
    • I made the image with Norton Ghost but I will try with AOMEI Backupper
    • Yes, I tried 3 differents VM with SCI / IDE / SATA (physical server using SATA)
    • Safe mode boot fail
    • I saw this option but VMware Converter is unaviable in the VMware download list and your link is not working. When I click in "Download", I'm redirected to the main download page for all products.

    There is a video if it can help : https://vimeo.com/722842618

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