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Boot failure reboot and select proper boot device – Error connecting to VM – Hyper V

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I was getting below ‘Boot failure error’, while connecting to one of my VM with Windows Server 2012 OS, from Hyper V.

Hyper V Boot Issue
Hyper V Boot Issue

Reason & Fix

  • There could be many reasons for this problem. In my case below steps solved the issue.
  • I initially chosen ‘Generation 1’ while configuring VM.
  • Re-configuring the VM by opting ‘Generation 2’ solved my issue.

 

Hyper V - Generation options
Hyper V – Generation options

Refer article on how to decide between Generation 1 and Generation 2.

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One response to “Boot failure reboot and select proper boot device – Error connecting to VM – Hyper V”

  1. Hihiitsme Avatar
    Hihiitsme

    Just a weird little item to consider if you’ve exhausted your other possibilities, but MS Natural Ergonomic Keyboards often do not send the F12 command to a vm you are trying to PXE. In the case of a vm that has not been imaged yet, you may get this same error message because it ends up skipping network boot and looking for an operating system which is not there yet. If you have an ergo keyboard, instead, connect a traditional rectangular usb keyboard and F12 should work fine.

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