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It may be a PITA, but I would redo the disk to VHD process, but use the systernals MS utility Disk2VHD to create your .vhdx.<br />
If using Hyper-V use disk2VHD if doing VMWare, then their converter works well. &nbsp;Seems something went wrong with convert to .vhdx.<br />
Also, depending on what version of machine your doing, the VHD format may be a better choice.
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It may be a PITA, but I would redo the disk to VHD process, but use the systernals MS utility Disk2VHD to create your .vhdx.
If using Hyper-V use disk2VHD if doing VMWare, then their converter works well.  Seems something went wrong with convert to .vhdx.
Also, depending on what version of machine your doing, the VHD format may be a better choice.

Windows/Vmware 

aravind anche

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NEVER Use VHD. &nbsp;ALWAYS use VHDX.<br />
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What version of the Virtual Machine are you using? &nbsp;P2V conversions to Gen2 don't work in my experience. &nbsp;Convert to Gen1.
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NEVER Use VHD.  ALWAYS use VHDX.

What version of the Virtual Machine are you using?  P2V conversions to Gen2 don't work in my experience.  Convert to Gen1.

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I have used Disk2VHD and still the same
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thanks all, None of the solutions worked. I gave up
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thanks all, None of the solutions worked. I gave up

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If you don't respond and give no feedback, it's impossible to help you in a better way. Surely, we would have made it together.
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If you don't respond and give no feedback, it's impossible to help you in a better way. Surely, we would have made it together.

Technology and Business Process Advisor

Lee W, MVP

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Thanks McKnife, I will start over again then. Let me get the machine again. I will create VHDX and start from there
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Thanks McKnife, I will start over again then. Let me get the machine again. I will create VHDX and start from there

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Hello Experts,<br />
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I have converted a physical machine to virtual machine using Vmware converter. and then I converted vmdk to vhdx to use i n hyper v. when i create virtual machine using the vhdx file in hyper-V but it wont boot up.<br />
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anythoughts?<br />
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Regards<br />
AJ
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Hello Experts,

I have converted a physical machine to virtual machine using Vmware converter. and then I converted vmdk to vhdx to use i n hyper v. when i create virtual machine using the vhdx file in hyper-V but it wont boot up.

anythoughts?

Regards
AJ

converting physical to virtual

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

Virtualization

Hyper-V is a native hypervisor; it can create virtual machines on x86-64 systems and supersedes Windows Virtual PC as the hardware virtualization component of the client editions of Windows NT. A server computer running Hyper-V can be configured to expose individual virtual machines to one or more networks. Hyper-V Server supports remote access via Remote Desktop Connection. Administration and configuration of the host OS and the guest virtual machines is generally done over the network.

Hyper-V

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

VMware

Windows 7 is an operating system from Microsoft. Features include multi-touch support, a redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar, referred to as the Superbar, a home networking system called HomeGroup, and performance improvements.