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You cannot use newer converters to clone a Windows 2000 machine. They will either crash during the volume detection phase or produce a VM that blue-screens with INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE . Converter 4.0.1 is the only officially supported bridge from the Windows 2000 era to modern virtualization. vmware converter 4.0.1 windows 2000 download
If you have a VMware Customer Connect account with an active entitlement for older products: Once the conversion completes, do not expect the