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Windows Server 2012 Standard Boot Failure

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Here's the breakdown / summary on what's happening:

  1. I make a copy of a Physical Windows Server 2012 Standard (I've made a copy via hyper-v, as well as 'disk2vhd' and both copies produce the same following issue)
  2. I attach the .vhd to a Generation 1 VM in Hyper-V
  3. Start the VM and instantly receive a boot failure
  4. The same thing happens if I upload my vhd to Azure - boot failure
  5. I've tried repairing using a Windows 8 disk - this fails.
  6. I've tried restoring a system image - I receive an error that the machine is using BIOS and the image was created using EFI
  7. I've tried bcdboot, bcdedit, etc. commands and receive that the system volume cannot be found

Things to note:

  • This particular machine is setup for UEFI boot.
  • If I create the disk as a .vhdx and use a Hyper-V generation 2 VM the machine WILL boot.  
  • I've tried converting the working .vhdx to a .vhd and still receive boot failure
  • I'd love to just send my beautifully working .vhdx to Azure, but Azure does not support this format yet.  

Maybe I need to change the .vhd's boot method?  How do I do that?  (I'm a SharePoint gal - not really a virtualization expert by any means).

I appreciate any help - I'm pulling my hair out over here and can't wait to get this working.

Thank you in advance!



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