User guide
Windows V2P Conversions 139
Windows V2P Overview
Video drivers. Other less critical plug-and-play devices such as USB controllers
or video cards are detected by the converted OS after conversion.
• When a V2P conversion task finishes, the target system is not powered off
automatically. You will need to reboot it manually, either via the Power button or
using the VistaPE console window by typing “reboot”.
• Volume resizing is not supported with V2P conversions.
• For V2P conversions when using the virtual appliance, the source VM name can
contain upper and lower case letters from the latin alphabet (a-z, A-Z), numbers
from 0-9, and the special characters ( @ ! # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + - ~ [ ] \ { } | ; ' : " , .
/ < > ? space ).
• For V2P conversions when not using the virtual appliance, the source VM name
can contain upper and lower case letters from the latin alphabet (a-z, A-Z),
numbers from 0-9, and the special characters ( @ ! # $ % ^ & ( ) _ + - ~ [ ] { } ; '
space ).
Preparing the Target System for V2P
1
Make sure you have all necessary drivers that will allow the newly converted
system to properly interact with your target hardware.
2
Place the drivers in a separate folder on your source system. You may also use a
USB mass storage or a network share which is mapped as a drive. All INF files
should be located in one folder, with sub-folders for DLL, SYS or other files.
Ensure that the INF files have valid references to the necessary files.
Tip If the drivers are zipped or in one self-extracting archive, remember to unpack them.
3
Specify this folder in the vConverter GUI, in the task settings (Driver Folder
field).
Tip The Driver Folder should contain drivers for the target system only. Do not to mix
drivers from different OSs in one Driver Folder. Be sure all necessary files exists in the
folder.
4
Power the target system on, either by VistaPE boot CD, or using vConverter’s
PXE service, running on a Client system. Ensure that Windows Vista has the
correct drivers installed for all vital hardware on the target. If it does not, e.g.
some SCSI or NIC cards are not detected properly, you can:
• For NIC drivers, install the drivers manually at runtime using the Device
Installer Utility within VistaPE boot image. This is not a persistent change - it
is only valid for the booted instance in which you load the drivers. For more