If you can re-connect the virtual image via SCSI/SATA to your VM that would be a much better choice. In my experience it simply doesn’t work: whatever option you pick - “Startup Repair” or “Go back to the previous build” - it’d simply display a meaningless error. for anything other than simply accessing your files. I recommend against using VirtIO storage driver in Windows System Restore for actual system recovery, i.e. To do so, use the DISM command from this post by Christian Hofstaedtler. Once you have access to the system drive, you might want to install or update VirtIO storage driver on it.
Verify there are new drives available by running wmic logicaldisk get caption again. For other drivers and systems refer to VirtIO documentation. If you’re using Windows 10 圆4, the command to load the storage driver would be:ĭrvload D:\viostor\w10\amd64\viostor.inf. X: is System Restore itself and the virtio-win iso should be available either as D: or E: Run wmic logicaldisk get caption to get an idea of what drives are currently available. Boot Windows System Restore and launch the Command Prompt:. Download virtio-win iso and in your VM settings add it as a CD/DVD drive. It's bullet-proof, just somewhat slow at time machine backups.If you need to load VirtIO block storage driver (aka viostor) in Windows System Restore (aka Windows Recovery Mode) to recover your Windows virtual machine, take the following steps. PS: To avoid any flames on running FreeNAS as a VM guest rather than host, my linux workstation runs heavy BOINC CPU and GPU workloads on a 24/7 basis, while FreeNAS provides backup and media services to the network on dedicated drives. Is there any likelihood that the virtio drivers would be included by default in upcoming versions? I would imagine running FreeNAS as a VM guest under a Linux host is quite a common scenario, so maximising its efficiency in this case should be a reasonable aspiration. Has anyone tried installing it on FreeNAS 8.3.x and if so, how did you do it (it being nanoBSD based)? I tested virtio-net on a nas4free testbed (freeBSD 9.1) and it seems to be working fine. 
I understand that VirtualBox does not provide Guest Additions for freeBSD guests, but the kvm virtio framework is available from The virtio package supports block (storage) devices and network interface controllers. These drivers are included in the virtio package. It all works correctly, but overall performance is somewhat below par. virtio drivers are KVM's paravirtualized device drivers, available for Windows guest virtual machines running on KVM hosts. I am currently running FreeNAS as a VirtualBox guest under linux (openSUSE 12.2 圆4).
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