windows vm bsod: bad_system_config_info

Cloudmin
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ive got a windows vm (kvm) thats been running flawlessly since i put it up a couple months back. after addressing some more pressing matters, im just now getting around to scheduling backups for it.

after reading that i would need to shut the system down first in order to preserve consistency, i created a “scheduled task” in my windows vm to shutdown minutes before the scheduled cloudmin backup was to occur. i tested the windows scheduled task shutdown. then i hit reboot system in the cloudmin panel only to discover my windows vm now boots to a bsod bad_system_config_info 0x00000074 (0x00000003, 0x00000002, 0x80087000, 0xc000014c).

attempting to load “last known good config” produced no change. its not the end of the world if i have to reinstall the system, but i really need the data from my windows vm. PLZ tell me im not screwed.

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noticed the following in boot messages:
QEMU waiting for connection on: disconnected:tcp:127.0.0.1:40000,server
WARNING: Image format was not specified for ‘/kvm/sub.cloudmin.domain.tld.img’ and probing guessed raw.
Automatically detecting the format is dangerous for raw images, write operations on block 0 will be restricted.
Specify the ‘raw’ format explicitly to remove the restrictions.
not sure if its always been there…

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crisis averted. mounted my image file to retrieve my data and reinstalled. http://superuser.com/questions/344899/how-can-i-mount-a-disk-image

above boot message remains. must not be anything to worry about.