Recover XP Mode from Bckup
- I have a new install of XP Mode and want to recover what XP mode was on a complete backup I hace, Is there a way to do that?
- Bill
解答
· Shutdown VM. By default XP mode goes to save state. To shutdown refer this post
· Open settings to verify disk configuration and check disk type. In XP Mode VHD disk type is diff disk. Copy path of diff disk and parent disk. It is very important to copy parent disk, without this diff disk cannot work.
· Check Undo disks settings. If this is enabled, open directory of .VHD as shown in hard disk page. Here you can find the .vud file
· The .VMC file is stored at %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows Virtual PC. You can find the path of .VMC file in “Virtual Machines” folder. Refer “Configuration file” column in this folder
· Copy .VMC, .VHD, .VSV file to backup virtual machine. Make sure you keep relative path same for diff disk VHD and parent VHD. A typical out of box installation of Windows XP mode will have following files to backup
1. %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows Virtual PC\Virtual Machines\Windows XP Mode.vhd (Diff disk)
2. C:\Program Files\Windows XP Mode\Windows XP Mode base.vhd (Parent disk)
3. %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows Virtual PC\Virtual Machines\Windows XP Mode.vmc (Configuration file)
Thanks, -Vinod -- "This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. You assume all risk for your use."- 已標示為解答Robinson ZhangMSFT, 版主2009年12月3日 上午 09:42
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- The XP Mode VM is a single file, just replace it from your backup.
- Thanks, I found where they are kept:
C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Virtual PC\
I found several folders there:
Virtual Applications
Virtuual Machines
VMCXBackup
Options.XML
I copied them all from backup and it worked fine. It looks the these Files / Folders work together....
In Virtual MAchines there was a Windows XP Mode Folder with 4 files.
One of these was the *.vhd file.
Was that all I needed?
Is there a place where the backup/recovery of VM's is discussed?
Thanks, again
- Bill - All you should need is the .VHD file, assuming nothing else changes.
· Shutdown VM. By default XP mode goes to save state. To shutdown refer this post
· Open settings to verify disk configuration and check disk type. In XP Mode VHD disk type is diff disk. Copy path of diff disk and parent disk. It is very important to copy parent disk, without this diff disk cannot work.
· Check Undo disks settings. If this is enabled, open directory of .VHD as shown in hard disk page. Here you can find the .vud file
· The .VMC file is stored at %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows Virtual PC. You can find the path of .VMC file in “Virtual Machines” folder. Refer “Configuration file” column in this folder
· Copy .VMC, .VHD, .VSV file to backup virtual machine. Make sure you keep relative path same for diff disk VHD and parent VHD. A typical out of box installation of Windows XP mode will have following files to backup
1. %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows Virtual PC\Virtual Machines\Windows XP Mode.vhd (Diff disk)
2. C:\Program Files\Windows XP Mode\Windows XP Mode base.vhd (Parent disk)
3. %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows Virtual PC\Virtual Machines\Windows XP Mode.vmc (Configuration file)
Thanks, -Vinod -- "This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. You assume all risk for your use."- 已標示為解答Robinson ZhangMSFT, 版主2009年12月3日 上午 09:42
- Excellent!
Thanks,
- Bill