Help!booting from the hard disk

[oiuy]

I used a tool to convert the C drive of the call center system running on the Windows Server 2008 system into a.qcow2 file. I want to restore this system in Proxmox VE (PVE). After importing this.qcow2 file into the virtual machine and turning on the virtual machine, it gets stuck at "booting from the hard disk". I have also tried several different types of hard disks and CPUs, but none of them worked.

 

[fba]

Can you verify that the original system was using BIOS for booting and not UEFI instead?
Otherwise maybe use another tool. If you can afford a downtime, tools like clonezilla do a good job in cloning disks.

 

[oiuy]

Because this is a production environment system, the system cannot be shut down, and the original system uses the legacy BIOS mode.

Can you verify that the original system was using BIOS for booting and not UEFI instead?
Otherwise maybe use another tool. If you can afford a downtime, tools like clonezilla do a good job in cloning disks.

 

[fba]

You might need to boot the VM from Windows iso and start recovery command prompt. Try rebuilding the Boot Configuration Data (bcd) like described here in Step 4: https://community.spiceworks.com/t/...rom-xcp-ng-xenserver-to-vmware-hyperv/1012964

 

[oiuy]

You might need to boot the VM from Windows iso and start recovery command prompt. Try rebuilding the Boot Configuration Data (bcd) like described here in Step 4: https://community.spiceworks.com/t/...rom-xcp-ng-xenserver-to-vmware-hyperv/1012964

OK, I'll give it a try.

 

[oiuy]

You might need to boot the VM from Windows iso and start recovery command prompt. Try rebuilding the Boot Configuration Data (bcd) like described here in Step 4: https://community.spiceworks.com/t/...rom-xcp-ng-xenserver-to-vmware-hyperv/1012964

I'd like to ask whether the ISO needs to be compatible with the version of the operating system of the physical machine.

 

[fba]

Sorry, no idea. I've never used different ones than the main version of installed system during recovery operations.

 

[muzicman0]

Stupid question probably, but did you set the boot drive in options? I have missed that before.

 

[oiuy]

Stupid question probably, but did you set the boot drive in options? I have missed that before.

I have set it.

 

[33335]

Try download a Windows server install ISO then use its recovery environment convert to uefi (1) (2)

Edit: remember backup before any dangerous action!