I have two virtual machines set up from Virtual PC on Windows 7 Professional: Windows XP Mode and Xubuntu. Last time I used them (last month or so), I had closed them by hibernating.
Evidently, I have meanwhile downloaded a Windows Update affecting VPC and now receive the following error in restoring either of them from hibernation:
'Xubuntu' could not be restored
because of either host processor type
mismatch or lack of hardware-assisted
virtualization support in the system.
I've been through the virtual machine's settings, and there's nowhere an option to simply reboot it. (Virtualization is not the problem, as I can create a new virtual machine without any problems.)
Any ideas?
Best Answer
I managed to find a solution: deleting the hibernation state file. This is similar to deleting
hiberfil.sys
when your computer won't return, although there is a Windows boot option to do this (press F8 during boot).Here's how to do it for a Virtual PC virtual machine:
Navigate to the location of the virtual machine's settings file (.vmc file). In my case, it was in the same location as the virtual hard disk, under:
If your machine had been hibernated last time you closed it, you will see a fairly sizable "Virtual Machine Saved State" file (
.vsv
). By deleting this file, you will delete the hibernation data, and the machine will boot normally.