I had an XP virtual machine running on windows 7 in order to run an old app that won't run in newer systems.
I recently went to use this but the virtual machine didn't load atall, I tried clearing the settings but it made no difference. Eventually I removed the Windows XP Mode program, and uninstalled the virtual machine windows feature. Then re-installed both.
My original XP virtual machine image still wouldn't start at all. When I went into settings and removed auto start-up from the Integration Features it started but I only got as far as the old XP startup options screen. No matter what option I chose 'safe mode', ' Normal', 'Last known good...' etc. It always just crached out. I then tried to create a new XP virtual machine, but this also just crashed out, almost immediately, without making an image.
E.g.
My old image (that did originally work on this machine) is stuck at:
Making a new Windows XP Mode image doesn't get past this stage before bombing out:
This is all running on a laptop and no systems settings or hardware have been changed.
Any idea what else I can do?