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Windows Forum / Virtual PC / February 2008Virtual PC Windows XP Reboot Doesn't Work
I have several Virtual PC 2007 images created. At first I had no problems rebooting them. Now they will not complete a reboot and open Windows. I get the POST screen identifying hardware, etc. then a blank (black) screen. I tried this with an image I have previously saved, same thing. One of them will show the black background start up logo with the progress bar, but it either reboots at that point to show the F* screen or goes black and stays that way. I have a VM with Dos 6.22 on it, and it boots up fine, so I suspect it has to do with the video setup. I've tried the different types (Guest res, full screen, etc.) but nothing works. Any suggestions? Thanks! How much memory did you allocate for the virtual machines? I assume by "images" you mean virtual machines, or did you create them by importing an image from a physical machine? >I have several Virtual PC 2007 images created. At first I had no problems > rebooting them. Now they will not complete a reboot and open Windows. I [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Thanks! 1.7 gigs. Yes, Images = Virtual PCs. I created the first myself and loaded Windows XP from a CD. I copied the folders to create copies. Except for the DOS one, which I also created from scratch. 256mb is sufficient for installing XP. You can adjust later. There normally would be no advantage to allocating 1.7GB of ram for an XP vm. btw, by convention "VPC" is used to mean the app Virtual PC. The computers you create are called "virtual machines" or just vm's. Shut down completely (no saved state) and adjust the ram downward and see if they boot. > 1.7 gigs. Yes, Images = Virtual PCs. I created the first myself and > loaded [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > also > created from scratch. I set it to 256 and no difference. It just goes to black. F8 also still works, when I try that, but that's as far as I can get. If hardware virtualization is checked in settings, try toggling it off. If that has no effect, try a new vm with default settings except for memory. Also, make sure your host's drivers are up to date. >I set it to 256 and no difference. It just goes to black. > > F8 also still works, when I try that, but that's as far as I can get. Hardware Virtualization is greyed out. All my drivers are up to date, I check regularly. Aslo, everything worked a day or two ago. (no problem rebooting at all). I thought something may have overwritten files, so I uninstalled and reinstalled Virtual PC 2007. I did load Virtual 2004 to get teh DOS add-ons for my DOS partition, then uninstalled, and reinstalled VPC 2007 later. Anyway, I can attach the CD and boot up the Windows install disk. It recognizes that there is an NTFS partition, but doesn't give the option of repairing Windows, as I would expect it to. This sucks cuz I spent quite a bit of time installing software to get it just so. The other VMs won't reboot to Windows (the ones I've tried), even if they're working prior to the reboot/reset. Creating a new VM and installing Windows is, as you know, time consuming. I still have a copy of the original VM with windows loaded (in a saved state) I can copy it, reset memory to 256 prior to the reboot and see what happens. Any other ideas? No, you are trying the standard things. > Hardware Virtualization is greyed out. > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Any other ideas? Installing the new virtual machine will take less time then writing these posts. Try it but do not sit idle waiting for install. Do other stuff. Jack > Hardware Virtualization is greyed out. > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Any other ideas? |
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