I am not able to restore a Physical machine from a Windows Server backup to a VM Virtual machine via the Windows image restore. I am getting the Bluie screen message: Technical Information: ***Stop: 0x0000007B (0xFFFFF880009A9928,0xFFFFFFFFc0000034,0x0000000000000000,0 x0000000000000000)

7B is a storage error message, it means that your image is missing the required storage drivers to boot. it's unfortunately very common, *curses 2003* To fix: Boot from windows 2003 media on the Virtual Machine,Load the VMWare storage drivers when prompted to add driversPerform an automated repair Kriss Milne, MCSE | Infrastructure Specialist

Ok sorry I did not specify that this is Server 2008 R2, so does this change how a do this?

Hi Dexter The following thread is identical to the issue you are experiencing, its a combination of VMWare and Microsoft issue. http://communities.vmware.com/message/1995089 Also take a look at Vmware converter http://www.vmware.com/pdf/convsa_50_guide.pdfKriss Milne, MCSE | Infrastructure Specialist | *Please click 'Vote As Helpful' or 'Mark as Answer' if this post helped you or answered your question*

Kriss, I made the changes as suggested in the MS link still at the same error. I am restoring a Windows Server 2008 R2 Backup onto a newly created VM and the original server was on physical hardware. The error is storage but I may be missing a step I am able to complete the BCEDIT commands and the repaire completes and upon startup the BSOD error returns.

Could be many issues, but based on what you have described I recommend changing the virtual disk controller from SAS to LSI Parallel.

Could be many issues, but based on what you have described I recommend changing the virtual disk controller from SAS to LSI Parallel.