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> "John Schneider" wrote:
>
> > "Bill Grant" wrote:
> > >
> > > "John Schneider" <(email address - cut out)am> wrote in message
> > > news:(email address - cut out)...
> > > > I have a VM in a saved state that is a couple of years old that I can not
> > > > access. I recently upgraded my machine to Vista Ultimate and am running
> > > > VPC
> > > > 2007 SP1. When I try to add this old VM to the console, I get the error
> > > > "Virtual PC was unable to register this virtual machine configuration
> > > > file.
> > > > The saved state associated with the virtual machine is not compatible with
> > > > the current version of Virtual PC".
> > > >
> > > > I have another machine running XP Pro SP2. I have installed VPC 2007 and
> > > > tried adding this machine, but get the same error. I uninstalled VPC 2007
> > > > and installed VPC 2007 Beta, and still get the error. I've even tried it
> > > > with VPC 2007 RC. Still no luck.
> > > >
> > > > My last two options, VPC 2004 and VPC 2004 SP1 give a different error.
> > > > They
> > > > allow me to add the machine to the console. I can even see the screenshot
> > > > in
> > > > the console of the saved state. But when I try to start the machine, I'm
> > > > getting the error "The virtual machine could not be restored because an
> > > > unexpected error occurred. Press the "Delete" button to delete the
> > > > virtual
> > > > machine's saved state"
> > > >
> > > > I believe I have now tried every version of VPC that ever existed, or at
> > > > least that I have used. Any ideas how to get this machine back up and
> > > > running in its current saved state?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > >
> > > I doubt that you can do anything with the saved state. These are not
> > > really transferable. You should never make any changes to the virtualization
> > > software while a guest is in a saved state.
> > >
> > > You can recover the machine by deleting the saved state, or you can
> > > delete the virtual machine and create a new one using the vhd file, but the
> > > ..vsv file is pretty useless I would think.
> >
> > Thanks for the reply Bill. I'm going to try booting back to my XP
> > partition, install VPC 2004 and try it again. That way it will be back on
> > the exact same environment as when it was create. I found these lines in the
> > VMC file that lead me to belive this was created with the original VPC 2004:
> >
> > <standard>
> > <name type="string">Virtual PC 2004</name>
> > <version type="string">0001.0000.0000</version>
> > </standard>
> >
> > and:
> >
> > <properties>
> > <creator>
> > <build type="string">5.3.0.582</build>
> > <name type="string">Microsoft Virtual PC 2004</name>
> > </creator>
> > <modifier>
> > <build type="string">5.3.0.582</build>
> > <name type="string">Microsoft Virtual PC 2004</name>
> > </modifier>
> > </properties>
> >
> > Thanks again!
>
> It worked! I booted back to XP, uninstalled VPC 2007, installed the
> original VPC 2004, added the VM to the console, and it fired up perfectly.
> Was able to finish what I was doing in the saved state, shut the VM down
> normally, then boot back to Vista, add that VM to the console and run it with
> no problems!
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