Questions tagged [boot-to-vhd]
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VHD boot error 0xc0000225
I am converting a physical Windows Server 2012 R2 to a VM which will be hosted on Hyper-V core server.
Steps I have followed:
Created a VHD from existing Windows 2012 R2 physical disk using Starwind
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Native Boot VHD Error Code: 0xc000000e
I started by creating a VHDX using Hyper-V in an external drive which when I added the VHDX to bcd it boots fine from the external drive but when I wanted to copy the VHDX on my SSD when I attempted ...
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Native-boot VHD deployed operating system does not hibernate
Not several months ago I deployed a native boot VHD running Windows 10 OS, I was not using it a lot, not until now I use it frequently and sometimes I wish to save my current tasks by hibernating the ...
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Native dual Boot of Win 10 VHD via Win7 SP1. Error: winload.exe digital signature not verified, on Only 1 of 2 Identical Dell laptops
Native dual Boot of Win 10 VHD via Win7 SP1. Error: winload.exe digital signature not verified, on Only 1 of 2 Identical Dell laptops
Dell Vostro 1014 -14"
...Temporarily disable driver signature ...
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Moving a Windows 10 installation to VHDX file and boot from it
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I have a new ASUS G752VL-DH71 laptop. I would like to make a backup of the current installation of Windows 10 in the form of a virtual hard disk file (VHDX) and I would like to be able to ...
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Windows 10 Upg. Licensing: Can I move a system image repeatedly between multiple hosts?
I have several computers for different uses/locations, all licensed via the free Windows 10 upgrade program. The hardware is quite similar and I would like to take the system image with me, without ...
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Boot Ubuntu VHDX alongside Windows 10
I have a Windows 10 installation on my Lenovo T430s laptop. I would like to dual boot into an Ubuntu 14.04 VHDX at startup that was created using Hyper-V (running on the same laptop). The Ubuntu ...
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Why does my bootable vhdx windows 10 Enterprise installation report 5.7GB of Hardware Reserved Memory
My laptop has 8GB of memory installed and I'm running windows 10 as my primary operating system. I have also created a bootable Windows 10 Enterprise vhdx using Hyper-V so I have an isolated ...
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Upgrading windows 8 to 8.1 on vhd
Here is my situation: Wanted to try windows 8.1 out so I wanted to use a vhd. The first problem I had was that running the windows installer specific to windows 8.1 refuses to install it to a vhd, but ...
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VHD doesn't always boot
I have a vhd with Windows 8 installed on it and it appears that the only way for it to boot from the vhd is to at a minimum boot into the windows 7 login screen and shut down completley from there, ...
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Can I use the same VHD file to switch back and forth between boot to VHD and a Hyper-V virtual machine?
I'd like to physically install Windows 8.1 Pro and convert my existing physical Windows 7 machine to a VHD as I'd like the convenience of using a Hyper-V virtual machine to access it without having to ...
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Dual Boot SteamOS from VHD [duplicate]
I have a Windows 8.1 machine.
I made a SteamOS Virtual Machine on HyperV, using the Ye Old SteamOS ISO
I know it's possible to dual boot from VHD, however Windows bootloader does not support non ...
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VHD does not appear in partition list when installing Win2008
I am trying, without success, to create a bootable Win 2008 R2 VHD on my Win7 Ultimate box. I can create the VHD, in Drive Manager I can see the VHD, but when I run the 2008 R2 Setup, it never shows ...
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In a boot to VHD setup, is it possible to get the filename of the VHD?
I have a physical computer that I have two BCD entries for VHDs to boot from. I am looking for a way to programmatically get the name of the current VHD that has been booted to. I see possible ...
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How to upgrade Win 8 to Win 8.1 on a VHD?
I currently have Windows 8 installed on a VHD. When I boot into it and try to upgrade to Windows 8.1 from the store, it downloads and then fails during the installation telling me that "You can't ...
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