Convert Windows 7 64-bit physical to virtual

[Craig321]

Hi,

I've been trying to convert my old Windows 7 install into a VM to run on my new machine.

The VM starts to boot, but then will blue screen half way through the W7 boot animation. I have followed the instructions here, but no luck: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/mi...nguage=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1006295

Safe mode doesn't work & running a repair from the W7 DVD doesn't work either.

How would I go about converting physical into virtual properly? I'm guessing it's a driver issue as it's a 7B blue screen. Is there anything that will strip the drivers out while converting the machine?

Thanks.

 

[Craig321]

I'll give it a try, thanks. I reckon it might give the same blue screen problem as when I used VMWare converter though.

Why can't VMare make this a bit easier?

 

[Craig321]

All sorted now. Not 100% sure what made it work, but after playing with the boot manager and other settings in Converter on the live machine it all went through fine.