Macrium Viboot problem

DennisG · Wednesday at 9:49 AM

I have been using Macrium Reflect 8 to make (and sometimes restore) backups for some years without a problem. I thought I would try Viboot. All goes well, the image boots as far as the lock screen below. Then I can't do anything. Ctl-Alt-Del takes be back to the host OS. I'm missing a trick somewhere.
Any suggestions ?

FreeBooter · Wednesday at 2:31 PM

Select Action > Ctrl+Alt+Delete or use the key combination CTRL+ALT+END.

Bree · Wednesday at 2:42 PM

DennisG said:
I thought I would try Viboot. All goes well, the image boots as far as the lock screen below. Then I can't do anything. Ctl-Alt-Del takes be back to the host OS. I'm missing a trick somewhere.

What are you using viBoot with to run the VM? Is it Hyper-V?. If so, then Ctrl+Alt+Del will always be intercepted by the Host OS. If you want to send a Ctrl+Alt+Del to the guest OS then, as @FreeBooter has said, you can do that from the Action menu or by using Ctrl+Alt+End.

DennisG · Wednesday at 3:05 PM

Thankyou both for your help. I used ctl-alt-end as suggested and that allowed me to log in. It didn't like my pin but I switched to password and that worked. The VM won't connect to my wifi so still trying to figure out that one.

FreeBooter · Wednesday at 3:07 PM

DennisG said:
Thankyou both for your help. I used ctl-alt-end as suggested and that allowed me to log in. It didn't like my pin but I switched to password and that worked. The VM won't connect to my wifi so still trying to figure out that one.

Have look at Device Manager for your network card if its functioning, then problem Hyper-V network setting.

Bree · Wednesday at 3:27 PM

DennisG said:
The VM won't connect to my wifi so still trying to figure out that one.

By default viBoot creates a VM that has no network adapter and is not connected to the network. You need to change that in the 'Hyper-V VM Settings' when you set up the image to boot from. Connect the Virtual Switch to the Default Switch and your VM will have internet access through the Host's adapter. It will also be able to see any shares on the Host machine, but not any other PCs on your network.

Alternatively, in the Settings for your existing viBoot VM you can add a network adapter. With the VM shut down, select File > Settings.

If you want the VM to see any other PCs on your network then you need to create a new Virtual Switch in the Hyper-V Manager's Virtual Switch Manager and connect your VM to that instead.