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I am working with a machine that had its motherboard die. The machine is running Windows 2000 for legacy software. After the motherboard died I used disk2vhd
to perform a physical to virtual transfer. The drive data seemed to copy over to the vhd
file well. However, whenever i try to boot I get a message saying Inaccessible Boot Device
So far I have tried several things to fix it.
- fixMBR
- fixBoot
- chkdsk
- windows 2000 automated repair
Also, I have attempted to open the registry of the vhd
without any success. There is another fix that i have seen suggested that requires editing the registry. Is it possible to open a Windows 2000
hive in another OS or another copy of Windows 2000?
One other thing to note is that the error appears in all of Virtual PC 2007, Hyper-V and VMWare Player.
Does anyone know how to get past this?
Could be your windows installation doesnt have the required drivers for the VM software's virtual IDE interface. There are several motherboafd chipsets which provice IDE ports, so when you initally installed Windows 2000 it would havd installed the one matching your original motherboard. Try changing the simulated IDE device presented to your virtual guest in the VM settings if possible. – Ryan Griggs – 2014-06-02T01:51:43.413
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Here's an article about vm ide drivers http://technodrone.blogspot.com/2010/03/inject-vmware-drivers-into-source-os.html
– Ryan Griggs – 2014-06-02T01:56:25.770Your answer was pretty much what ended up working. I had to edit various registry keys, and add new entries for new drivers. – foochow – 2014-06-03T17:28:30.687