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Troubleshooting Stop errors when using Boot Camp virtual machines

Details

Windows boots to a blue screen
Windows shows an error similar to:

Stop 0x0000007B 0x87C45BA0, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000
This issue may occur if you are using a virtual machine that:
- Is based on a Boot Camp partition, or
- Was created with the help of Migration Assistant or vCenter Converter, or
- Was upgraded to Windows 7

Solution

This issue can occur if:

Windows does not recognize the (virtual) hard disk.
Information in the Windows registry (information related to how the device drivers load during startup) is corrupted.
A device driver that the computer boot controller needs is corrupted or is not configured to start during the startup process.
A driver from a migrated machine is conflicting with the virtual drivers installed by Fusion.

If Windows is starting with a blue screen, but restarts before you can read the error, press F8 (or fn+F8, if your Mac isn't configured to use the function keys as standard function keys) as soon as the virtual machine starts to access the Advanced Options Menu. Then, select Disable automatic restart on system failure.

To troubleshoot this error for Boot Camp machines:

Restart your Mac into Boot Camp and shut down Windows.
Boot the system in to MacOS and launch Fusion.
If the error persists, try deleting Fusion's Boot Camp metadata files. For more information, see A Boot Camp virtual machine fails to power on with a disk error (1003483).

To troubleshoot this error for other machines:

If available, use the Last known good configuration option to start Windows.
Edit the .vmx file. Change the line

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

to

scsi0.present = "FALSE"

For more information, see Editing the .vmx file for your Fusion virtual machine (1014782).
Open Fusion and start up the virtual machine.

Update History

05/06/10 -- Added more possible causes. 06/16/2010 -- Added information about how to leave the blue screen error on the screen, and avoid rebooting automatically.

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