Re: [Xen-users] migration of old ghost image files/backup-ed systems

[John Weekes <lists.xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 3/10/2011 2:04 PM, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
> The main reason is that old version of Windows only load specific disk
> controller drivers that exists in the system at that time. Moving the
> image (or the hard disk, which is the same thing) to another computer
> might result in no driver for the disk controller, which results in
> BSOD. So plain image dump (like with dd) is only restorable to another
> machine with (mostly) identical hardware.
With Win2k/XP/2k3, booting with the installation media and selecting the 
"install" and then "repair" operation (notably, *not* the initial 
"repair" on the first screen) should allow you to get around that 
particular flavor of BSOD, at least on bare hardware, because it 
replaces the drivers while keeping most other settings intact.
Are you sure that writing those images out and then directly accessing 
individual files from another, working, Windows install (or Linux with 
NTFS drivers) wouldn't fit your needs, Frank? It may be a bit easier, if 
you just need to pull out some old data.
-John

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