I got some details about how we solved this (moving from Win virtual server
to Hyper-V so YMMV). You may have already tried this...
We boot from the XP install CD and press enter at the first prompt to set
up windows
Press F8 to agree to the EULA
On the setup screen, press "R" to repair windows
Try this on a copy of your disk image please!
\\Greg
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 1:45 PM, JD <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Kees Nuyt <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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
> >
>
> Thank you Kees,
>
> I did indeed try F8 many times, to no avail.
> I even resorted to the winxp-sp3 install CD and went into
> recovery mode and issued the commands
> fixmbr
> fixboot
>
> still to no avail.
>
> It still see the very very brief message which I am unable to read and
> machine reboots.
>
>
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