Hi there all.   I recently got a trial version of Symantec's Backup Exec System Recovery (BESR) and am trying to virtualize a physical server in a VirtualIron 4.2 Environment. I was able to create a VHD using BESR, but get a Blue screen reporting ''Inaccessible boot device'' when I try and boot the machine.  Anyone have any luck ...

How to convert a VMware machine into a Hyper-V machine? I have a HTTP server in VMware Workstation. But now I want to move it into Hyper-V. It's difficult to deploy a new one with users' data. So, could you tell me how to do it. thank you. 

Host: vista ultimate 32 bits guest: xp professional 32 bits Virtual PC 2007  vhd resizer 1.0.42.0   After resizing my VHD (I followed these steps: http://kb.dutchalps.com/microsoftvirtualpc.htm#Resizing%20A%20Virtual%20Disk) I also get the read error  ''press ctrl+alt+del to continue''. Is there something I can do to fix ...

vpc 2007sp1 x64 on vista64 vhd resizer 1.0.42 as many here have reported I too have 'disk read error', my image is small and easily reinstalled so I'm not too fussed, but thought I should add to the feedback especially as no-one i have seen has yet reported on any fix attempts many on http://vmtoolkit.com/files/folders/converters/entry87.aspx ...

Hi all - wondering if anyone out there has tried to use Virtual Iron's VHD format in Microsoft's Virtual PC environment.  I exported a Windows XP VHD out of VirtualIron and tried to use it on my laptop to run as a demo environment but the Microsoft tool complains that ''The file [vhd file name] is not a valid virtual disk.  Please make ...

The easiest way to do this (as long as you have enough hard drive space) is to extend your existing VHD using VHD Expander which gives you two VHD files.  The newly extended file will take the name of your existing VHD.  You might want to Defragment, Precompact, and Compact your VHD prior to extending your VHD. In Virtual PC 2007 ...

The ability to shrink VHD's.  Solves the issue of having to use Ghost or some other means to reduce the VHD size.    

Vmdk2Vhd is a simple utility to convert virtual hard drive images from VMWare's VMDK format into the Microsoft's VHD format. This is a sector by sector copy operation from one format to the other and the source file remains unaltered. Vmdk2Vhd requires the Microsoft .Net 2.0 framework available via Windows Update and here. Installation Unzip ...