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FrantzCollini08
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‎11-19-2009 02:55 AM

IDE to SCSI conversion problems

Hi,

How can i do for the conversion of IDE disk to SCSI without have any problems? i try it with vmware converter 4 and the job has successfull, but when i start my new vm the system doesn't boot....

Thanks in advance!

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mudha
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‎11-19-2009 04:07 AM

can you please explanin in more?

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FrantzCollini08
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‎11-19-2009 08:10 AM

Yes, i have a physical server with IDE disk to convert to virtual machine with SCSI disk.... I use vconverter 4: i run the job that do conversion P2V and it's successfull.... After i run the new virtual machine and in that moment I have a problem beacuse the O.S. doesn't boot.... I see this error: "cannot read the disk. press CTRLALTCANC"... I supposed that the conversion from IDE disk to SCSI disk has caused this problem.... after, I have tryed to boot with windows cd for trying the restore of the OS (fix boot and fix mrb) but it has no positive result....

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mayiask
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‎11-22-2009 03:45 PM

May I ask why convert to SCSI?

Of course it is faster, but most likely effort prohibitive.

ESX 4i does support IDE for VM, by default for XP and (believe or not) even for Linux.

Little out of the box thinking - forget vmware converter, but create dummy VM with type of Windows XP , add empty IDE drive and then use g4u to slurpdisk over existing IDE drive on existing VM.

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