XP Stopped Loading in Virtual PC

[kenneth Cavanaugh]

Would like to run Windows XP in Virtual PC 2004. When I
start VPC instead of loading Windows XP an error message
appears that says, Stop: c0000218 Registry File Failure.
The registry cannot load the hive: systemroot\system32
\config\SAM.

To get to this point I ran VPC's installation Wizard.
This process created two files on a hard drive connected
to the Secondary Slave position on my IDE controller. One
file is called VXPM Hard Drive.vhd, and the other is
VXPM.vmc. Then I started Virtual PC and placed the
Windows XP Installation disk in the CD-ROM drive, and
installed Windows XP.

Now from the Start menu I click on Programs, Virtual PC,
and Windows XP starts to load, but never finishes laoding
properly. What should I do?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Virtual PC Support Options
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/support/default.asp

Click on "Virtual PC Newsgroup".

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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"kenneth Cavanaugh" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message:

| Would like to run Windows XP in Virtual PC 2004. When I
| start VPC instead of loading Windows XP an error message
| appears that says, Stop: c0000218 Registry File Failure.
| The registry cannot load the hive: systemroot\system32
| \config\SAM.
|
| To get to this point I ran VPC's installation Wizard.
| This process created two files on a hard drive connected
| to the Secondary Slave position on my IDE controller. One
| file is called VXPM Hard Drive.vhd, and the other is
| VXPM.vmc. Then I started Virtual PC and placed the
| Windows XP Installation disk in the CD-ROM drive, and
| installed Windows XP.
|
| Now from the Start menu I click on Programs, Virtual PC,
| and Windows XP starts to load, but never finishes laoding
| properly. What should I do?