Antoan,
If you could take some comments to your uplines and those that work on converter:
1. Bring GPT support into the latest version - to support this project I've had to have a customer purchase PlateSpin in order to make it work.
2. Allow the software to work as broadly as possible - to support this project I've had to use versions 4.01, 4.3, 5.01, and PlateSpin. I should only need to use one version.
3. Improve error reporting. If the reason for failure is because of a boot.ini issue, then tell me! I tried converting a 2003 x64 server three times w/ version 5.01 and it failed at 96% each time. I used PlateSpin because it just worked without a single issue. After searching these forums it sounds like the reason might be the boot.ini /3GB switch, and most people found that using version 4.3 or 4.01 they were able to convert without issue. New versions of Converter should not regress in features or capability.
4. There is a serious issue when migrating with 5.01 and Windows 7 - twice now it converted 100%, then I received a BSOD on boot. The resolution has been to not allow converter to automatically select the disk controller, and instead manually select LSI SCSI Logic (NOT SAS). Each time that converter fails for what sounds like a known issue causes a waste of time and energy.
I know this is a free product, and we get what we pay for, but some of these issues are common sense that should never have gotten through QA or beta testing. If there is going to be a push for further development then I hope some of these comments can make it to the development team.
Thanks,
Richard