asked on V2P Server 2000 "video driver failed to initialize
When migrating a clients old 2000 Server box to a virtual machine in Hyper-V 2012, we receive the following error when trying to boot it up "video driver failed to initialize"
![Windows Server 2000 Video driver issue]()
So to try to fix this issue, I went to the original (physical) 2000 server and uninstalled the video driver hoping that it would revert back to the original (generic VGA) driver and then I would be able to capture a new image of the old server and re-import it into Hyper-V. Well, this broke the original server and now I get the same exact error on the old physical box and the new virtual image of the old box. I tried booting in Safe Mode, Last known...., and VGA mode. I get the same error no matter what. I also tried replacing the beep.sys file on the virtual image and that did not work either. Any ideas?
So to try to fix this issue, I went to the original (physical) 2000 server and uninstalled the video driver hoping that it would revert back to the original (generic VGA) driver and then I would be able to capture a new image of the old server and re-import it into Hyper-V. Well, this broke the original server and now I get the same exact error on the old physical box and the new virtual image of the old box. I tried booting in Safe Mode, Last known...., and VGA mode. I get the same error no matter what. I also tried replacing the beep.sys file on the virtual image and that did not work either. Any ideas?
Microsoft Server OS
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Philip Elder
Boot the VM from the original W2K installation CD. Choose REPAIR and proceed.
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