timeshifter
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I bought a new computer with Vista and would like to migrate my older Windows XP system to a VM there. I've installed the latest Parallels Workstation. I tried using Transporter with some problems (BSOD 0x0000007b) and I've posted over there about that particular problem.
This post is about using a method using Acronis True Image 8.0. I've seen that others have used it and similar methods. Here's a summary of what I've done.
1) booted the old PC from a BartPE CD that had True Image on it and created an image onto a second hard drive
2) on new Vista PC under Parallels created a new Windows XP VM with a hard drive larger than my old one (I did make it expandable and this may be a mistake).
3) booted that new VM using the same BartPE CD and restored my image across the network to the VM.
4) tried to boot VM and it checks memory then just hangs during POST. No new messages are reported
If I boot that CD again I can look at the C drive and all the files are there and seem fine. In contrast to the Transporter method where the filesystem didn't seem to survive the transition and appears as an unknown partition.
Possible things to try next:
- An NT equivalent of "sys c:\" that we used to use under DOS might fix the problem.
- Repair install of XP
- Everything as above except create the disk as non-expanding
- a boot floppy with a modified boot.ini ?
Before I spend a couple more hours trying this out can someone recommend the best alternative listed above or some other method.
This post is about using a method using Acronis True Image 8.0. I've seen that others have used it and similar methods. Here's a summary of what I've done.
1) booted the old PC from a BartPE CD that had True Image on it and created an image onto a second hard drive
2) on new Vista PC under Parallels created a new Windows XP VM with a hard drive larger than my old one (I did make it expandable and this may be a mistake).
3) booted that new VM using the same BartPE CD and restored my image across the network to the VM.
4) tried to boot VM and it checks memory then just hangs during POST. No new messages are reported
If I boot that CD again I can look at the C drive and all the files are there and seem fine. In contrast to the Transporter method where the filesystem didn't seem to survive the transition and appears as an unknown partition.
Possible things to try next:
- An NT equivalent of "sys c:\" that we used to use under DOS might fix the problem.
- Repair install of XP
- Everything as above except create the disk as non-expanding
- a boot floppy with a modified boot.ini ?
Before I spend a couple more hours trying this out can someone recommend the best alternative listed above or some other method.