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I'm trying to virtualize the OS from our DVR running Windows 7 Embedded Standard so that I can have a copy of it in my VMWare Workstation 15. Here's the steps I took:

  • Downloaded and ran Disk2vhd on the source Windows 7 OS and created a .VHD file from disk C: on it. (Other disks were data disks D:, E:, F:, G: which I don't need.)

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  • Copied .vhd file to my host machine.

  • Created a new blank VM in VMWare Workstation 15, following steps outlined here. (When creating a new VM I picked "Use existing virtual disk" and selected the .VHD file that I made. It then asked me if I want to use a new format, and I picked, "yes.")

But when I'm booting to this new VM, I'm getting the following error: "Operating system not found"

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Any idea how to make it boot?

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I assume you have UEFI boot. Since EFI System Partition doen't have an assigned letter, you cannot convert it with Disk2vhd without mounting. Chechk this thread for more info ß DiskToVhd generated VHD is not bootable.

For P2V conversion I'd advise starwind v2v converter, which doesn't have such issues.

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