Bootmgr Missing Windows 2008 R2 Vmware Tools Versions. The new in place upgrade introduced in PVS 7.7 (you can upgrade from 7.6.1 to. We have a server 2008 R2 workstation that won't boot. There are various. Sometimes i'll get the bootmgr error - sometimes. This is a restored hard drive from a vmware backup. It could be trying to apply changes following an update, etc.
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WestRange wrote:1. BackupAssist won't do a BMR capable backup because it requires it backup the boot drive (that has bootmgr on it), and it is FAT32. For whatever reason, BA, which uses the Server backup engine, can't make a BMR capable backup without including an NTFS-only bootmgr partition.2. Can a FAT32 partition with bootmgr be converted to NTFS and boot normally?3. Can a non-bootable C: with OS be made bootable by getting bootmgr on there and other necessary requirements for booting?4.
I like the idea of physical to virtual, although have not done it before. Will be splitting the role of this server into 2: a file server, and a database server. The vendor whose medical software runs on the database will not support virtualized servers. I see no reason there would be an issue (Pervasive SQL), but we are unable to run the DB without full support.5. I'll look at Veeam.have no experience with it but know it's reputation. I am not trying to do this with only free software, but hoped the solution to my little dilemma was common enough that others might know a simple solution.1.
Then that is not the proper backup software. A backup software should at least be able to backup the current & existing solution.2 & 3.
Converting from FAT32 to NTFS is as a one way trip.anything goes wrong and you dead in water. I would not try to play with bootmgr especially for ancient OS and production systems.4.
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