I was able to mount and browse but unable to copy files as the Guest OS was running windows DEDUP , ( I will be skipping that great "feature" on the rebuild.
So after relentless trying to get this machine to boot, I wound up disconnecting the nics and booting, I did have to resort to buying a usb to nic adaptor , and i'm currently exporting the VMS. I think i will forego them on the reinstall and just get an intel 4 port NIC card. thanks to all for the advice From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] browse / mount VHD file offline Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 20:04:14 +0000 So, if you have a cmd prompt, did you try diskpart, or does it not work? -Bonnie From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J- P Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 10:16 AM To: NT <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] browse / mount VHD file offline yep, that's where i open explorer and see that all my data s intact. Jean-Paul Natola From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] browse / mount VHD file offline Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:23:10 +0000 Did you go into where you can launch a cmd prompt? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J- P Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 8:29 AM To: NT <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] browse / mount VHD file offline I have 2008 2012 install media not sure how far it will get me, I initially tried recovery to get the boot issue fixed , but it would always just restart. From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] browse / mount VHD file offline Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 16:20:05 +0000 Do you have bootable recovery media for Win7/WS08R2 or higher? http://www.virtualizationadmin.com/kbase/VirtualizationTips/ServerVirtualization/MicrosoftHyper-VR2Tips/Management/MountingVHDFileswithDiskPart.html Among its many uses DiskPart can be used to mount VHD files just as if they were physical hard disk. This tip shows you how to do this. DiskPart has a myriad of uses when it comes to managing hard disks, but most don’t know that it can be used to manage virtual hard disk (VHD) files as well. Using DiskPart we can quickly mount a VHD file as if it were a physical disk in order to browse its file structure. In order to do this, you must first select the vhd file with the command: select vdisk file=filename.vhd When this is done the disk must be attached using the command: attach vdisk Finally, you can assign the VHD file a drive letter and begin browsing with this last command: Assign letter=K -Bonnie From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J- P Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 8:15 AM To: NT <[email protected]> Subject: [NTSysADM] browse / mount VHD file offline Hi all, I have a server that wont boot due to the notorious Broadcom bxvbda.sys driver, I can boot into recovery and see the files are all there, HOWEVER, the particular files I want to get to right away, are inside a guest OS ( 1 TB VHD) I can also boot into Centos (livecd) and see the VHD as well . Trying to copy the VHD will take approx. 4 hours , I was hoping to somehow mount / browse the VHD file ( be it on *nix or any other means) for a particular folder and copy its content to a usb drive for a user, is there anything I can boot into that will allow the exploring / browsing of a VHD file?
