Trying to convert a Vista Home Premium install to a VM using Standalone Converter 5.5.3 to an ESXi server running 5.5.0. I think I selected Hardware version 8 as I believe I cannot manage a 9/10 version using the free server/client viewer.
2 Issues, one, the converter fails with the "FAILED: Unable to find the system volume, reconfiguration is not possible." error.
The second is that when booting, the VM crashes with a BSOD 0x7B
I can boot into the VM with a Vista recovery disk, it finds the installation (didn't at first) and have run the repair tool, I have modified the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\P2V\ControlSet001\services\LSI_SAS. and checked the BCD.
I am now at a loss.
Accessing the VM using the vSphere Client 5.5.0.
Any suggestions please?