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I have been able to successfully create a VM from several of previous Macrium backups, but I've had problems with others.
Firstly, thanks to you @Kari for helping me sort out the internet connection-that reference you pointed me to worked well.
So I created a virtual switch (external) in Hyper-v. When I boot an image with viBoot, I now have internet on the virtual machine, but can't figure out how to "connect" to the host machine for transferring files. So if I do some testing on the VM, download some software, how can I transfer that to the host PC?
Additionally, in viBoot, can you clarify the following: In the menu, does Save update the Macrium backup image from which I created the virtual machine or just the VM itself? What do Pause and Reset do? Is a Checkpoint similar to a restore point? Can you point me to some references where I can understand these functions before I mess anything up?
Those issues notwithstanding, I would appreciate your input on the following...
My Macrium backups are set to "Incremental Forever". It's the first time I've used this scheme having converted from the free version of Macrium to the licensed home version a couple of weeks ago. When I create the virtual machine from last nights backup image, and several previous backups, I'm getting BSOD's (stop code followed by startup repair). Earlier backups, for example, 12/29, I can create a virtual machine and boot it. But any images after that give me the BSOD.
Does that mean that I should question my ability to actually recover from those images in the event of a disaster? I'm concerned that the images may be corrupt, even though I've ran Verify image on them from within Macrium several times, from "just this incremental" all the way to the entire backup image.
I am not certain if the inability to boot VM's created from certain backup images indicates that I have a backup problem or if there's a viBoot/Hyper-v issue to troubleshoot.
Thoughts?