Windows 10: Lost VM's When upgraded to 10

Hello Everyone, well it seem i lost all my Virtual machines ( insiders win 10 plus a few other VM ) when i upgraded to Genuine WIN 10 Pro, i was using VMware Workstation prior to the upgrade, i would now like to try Hyper V, since its built in to Win 10, is it possible to point Hyper V to the location of my previous VM's and have them work on Hyper V ?

Thanks in advance

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Upgrading to Windows 10 on 2015 Macbooks not supporting Windows 7

A Few More Answers About Windows 10 Upgrades - Thurrott.com

Assuming you still can, install said Windows 7 on a VM of some sort, get your upgrade (ISO) download for install later and then use it to install CLEAN on your new VM (Bootcamp)...

Bootcamp is far from the only game in town when it comes to VMs. ;-)

 

Will Windows Virtual PC still work with Windows 10?

I have a very old app that only works on Windows XP. I thus have a Windows XP VM - as a "Windows Virtual PC" VM, on my Windows 7 Pro desktop. Will I still be able to use this VM when my Windows 7 Pro is upgraded to Windows 10 Pro?

 

I personally never tried it but...:

How to Use VMM to Convert VMware Virtual Machines to Hyper-V (V2V)
Migrating a Virtual Machine from VMWare Workstation to Hyper-V | Blend Master

 

Thank for the quick Reply , WOW that looks like i lot of work, maybe i am better of just re installing WIN 10 on Hyper V lol

Thanks

 

Hi there

how did you "Lose" your VM's -- surely they were in some sort of folders which you could have saved before doing your upgrade.

Cheers
jimbo

 

Hello . my Folders were on a Ext drive, they are still there, after the upgrade. when i opened up VMware, it did not find the Virtual machines i had installed on VMware, and since win 10 has hyper V i though i would use it , instead of VMware workstation,


Thanks

 

if you already bought VMWare Workstation, why not continue to use that. After the install, just go into VMWare, choose File, Open and click on each VM's .vmx file to bring it back into inventory.

 

You can switch to Hyper-V if you wish but as pparks1 pointed out, you can open your existing VMs on the external drive using the File->Open option.

 

Hello again, Well since Hyper V is incorporated in Win 10 , i thought i would use it instead, but i did not want to re-install several servers and the win 10 insider , i guess i will have to re-install them again, i understand that the VM are different formats, i was hoping i could easily convert them to work with Hyper V

 

This tool should easily convert your VM's
StarWind V2V Converter - Free Tool from StarWind! - Starwindsoftware.com

Better yet, you can do right from the OS itself with a few powershell commands
Convert VMware Workstation 10 VM to Hyper-V VM using Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter

 

Will that stawind tool convert a VMWare VM to something that will work in Virtualbox?

 

Hello Again, welp i tried both options that was suggested and both did not work, maybe it was something i was doing wrong, but i did manage to install Windows 10 on my Hyper V , but my insiders build will not active, i did change my SSD from 120G to a 500G , i was wondering if that is my activation problem, ?

Also i origanally signed up for the insiders program, using a valid MS account, i was wondering, if i downloaded it again Via the OS that i have installed on my Hyper V ( which could be a Different OS Version than the insiders Version ) will i be able to get the Activation working on my Insiders preview Edition ?

Thanks in advance

 

Exactly this. I don't understand what is so difficult.

 

Hello Again, i did not purchase Vm ware, i was using a trial version, which now has Expired .


Thanks in advance