vhd_boot_initialization_failed

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Using this tutorial Dual Boot Windows 8 from VHD using Windows Setup | Concurrency Blog and everything went well until it was time to boot up. When booting up I get the Windows Developers loading screen then that is followed by the infamous BSOD that I have not seen since I had XP almost five years ago. The BSOD of death states vhd_boot_initialization_failed. I have no idea what to do. Also if it helps I'm on a HP Tm2, 6 gigs of ram, I5 processor running Windows Home Premium 64bit. Any help is appreciated.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 7

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64/ Windows 7 Ult x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    76~2.0
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-3570K 4.6GHz
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    GIGABYTE GA-Z77X UD3H f18
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    8GB (2X4GB) DDR3 1600 CORSAIR Vengeance CL8 1.5v
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    Sapphire HD 7770 Vapor-X 1GB DDR5
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    22" LCD Dell SP2208WFP
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    1680x1050
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    Samaung 840Pro 128GB, Seagate 500GB SATA2 7200rpm 32mb, Seagate 1TB SATA2 7200rpm 32mb,
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    Desktop: eSATA ports,
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Thanks for the suggestion I've already tried that but to no avail
Did you follow the steps in this tutorial exactly? Did you create a fixed or variable VHD?

In my first attempt to do this, I created the VHD from within Win 7 Control Panel/Administrative Apps/Computer Manager and the resulting VHD was not usable by the Win8 Install process. When I used the command line diskpart process described in the tutorial, the install worked just fine.
 

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Interesting! I see the same error, also using an HP TM2T, but with the older U7300 dual core CPU.

I am able to install and run Win8 in a VirtualBox session, but the touch stuff doesn't work correctly because I cannot select a screen res that matches the tm2t screen. I wonder if maybe it is simply a video incompatibility? I think I did a clean install on a replacement hard disk at one point, and it sorta worked for a little while, but then started displaying just a nasty screenful of trash that I could not get past.

If you come up with a solution, please share! Thanks.

Using this tutorial Dual Boot Windows 8 from VHD using Windows Setup | Concurrency Blog and everything went well until it was time to boot up. When booting up I get the Windows Developers loading screen then that is followed by the infamous BSOD that I have not seen since I had XP almost five years ago. The BSOD of death states vhd_boot_initialization_failed. I have no idea what to do. Also if it helps I'm on a HP Tm2, 6 gigs of ram, I5 processor running Windows Home Premium 64bit. Any help is appreciated.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 7
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP TM2T
Thanks for the suggestion I've already tried that but to no avail
Did you follow the steps in this tutorial exactly? Did you create a fixed or variable VHD?In my first attempt to do this, I created the VHD from within Win 7 Control Panel/Administrative Apps/Computer Manager and the resulting VHD was not usable by the Win8 Install process. When I used the command line diskpart process described in the tutorial, the install worked just fine.
thanks but that did not work still the same thing. Also the funny thing is when searching this issue on google it does not come up so I'm kinda stuck with this problem for now
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 7
Tried again on my TM2T, installing directly to a replacement hard drive instead of using the VHD. Installation went fine and system works well, so it isn't a compatibility issue with the TM2T hardware. Of course that doesn't address the need to boot Win8 from a VHD, but at least we can probably assume that it is not a hardware problem and it should work using the VHD method.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Win 7
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP TM2T
VHD_BOOT_INITIALIZATION error - possibly an HP problem?

Tried again on my TM2T, installing directly to a replacement hard drive instead of using the VHD. Installation went fine and system works well, so it isn't a compatibility issue with the TM2T hardware. Of course that doesn't address the need to boot Win8 from a VHD, but at least we can probably assume that it is not a hardware problem and it should work using the VHD method.

Just a thought.... I have the same VHD_BOOT_INITIALIZATION error and I have an HP laptop. Does everyone else who is having this problem also have an HP Laptop?

Annyone found a fix? I knew this boot from VHD sounded too good to be true! :)
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 7
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion dv7
    CPU
    Core i7
    Memory
    8 gb
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