Create a Windows backup on a VM without starting it.
Create a Windows backup on a VM without starting it.
I possess a backup file from an SSD that was installed on a Windows 10 system. I've used VMware Workstation Player 16 and VirtualBox 6.1, as well as a Synology NAS, but haven't been able to boot it. I've also tried Disk2VHD and other methods, but the closest result is the Windows boot logo with a blue screen showing 0x0000007B. It seems the drive was added to a system with two 250GB drives in RAID 0 format. The SSD was likely added afterward, and the boot information might be stored on those drives instead of the SSD itself. Disk2VHD appears problematic for partitions larger than 127GB. This was a relatively full 500GB SSD. Any possibility to make it bootable without losing data? I've also experimented with BIOS/UEFI tools like PIX4, but nothing worked. Thanks.
updates on the setup of this raid? it seems the crash might stem from a specific RAID driver needing installation. chances are, the system is attempting to load a particular driver for the RAID card, which is causing the failure. google didn’t provide any useful stopcode info, but recalling my last experience, i dealt with a similar issue on a Windows server 2003 migrated from an old server to a brand new VM farm around 15 years ago. the OS struggled with RAID card drivers trying to initialize and the system couldn’t handle hardware interrupts quickly enough. i’ve never seen a system blue screen ten times in a minute, but it did every time it restarted. moving forward, if my guess is right, you’ll need to either prevent the driver from loading before booting or swap it with the correct one for your container. assuming it’s Windows 7 through 11, there should be tools available. my advice would be to enter safe mode or use an on-disk recovery setup—it’s giving a clear signal that something is wrong.
I've been using this for some time and pull it out occasionally. Memory isn't clear about the exact configuration. I believe it was an ASUS MB with a Dual Core AMD 5200 processor. It had two 250GB hard drives in RAID 0, with standard RAID on the motherboard. Running Windows 7 or 10. I thought I fixed it when I saw the Windows 10 color boot logo, but then it froze. 7B might be missing a boot device or driver, though the drive appears to show up, so it could be a driver issue or selecting the incorrect boot source. I'm stuck figuring out the right steps. Thanks.
Installed the file onto a second drive and it’s running Windows 10. Disk Management displays... 450MB - No Label ****************(Not listed in the drive list, others appear) 99MB - Healthy (EFI System Partition) 446GB - Healthy (Basic Data Partition) (267GB used, 178GB free) 537MB - Healthy (Recovery Partition) I see none of them indicate active or boot status, nor a pagefile. No primary partition detected. Likely the RAID drives contain boot information. This drive was bootable though there’s no way to activate it inside the VM currently—VirtualBox is in use. What should I do next? Thanks.