On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:47:19 -0700, you wrote: > Dear all, > I have a windows XP-Pro drive that was booting just fine > on real hardware. > > However, While I was running Linux on a laptop, > on which VBox was installed, I took out the windows drive > from the other machine and connected it to the laptop > via a USB external box. > > It booted just fin under VBox. > > But now, it will not boot by itself on the real HW machine (a desktop). > > What happens is I see the screen switch to graphics mode, then > very very fast, some message comes out, way too fast for me to > read, and the machine then reboots. > > Would appreciate some help to get to the bottom of this.
Probably the stored hardware properties (and driver selection) have changed by running on different hardware, in this case the VM's "virtual hardware". Or the MBR is hosed. During boot, press F8 (keep tapping it) before it switches to graphics mode, as a matter of fact as early in the boot process as you can. Then try to diagnose by starting in "safe mode". I can't tell what do do next, I'm far from a windows specialist. I assume you read and understood all the warnings on http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.html#rawdisk ? -- Regards, Kees Nuyt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
