Physical to virtual converstion Issues, Virtual to Virtual Conversion

Hi All
Most of the members will facing problem due to VSS writer , This issue will be faced due to volume shadow copy issue
Symptoms

•You cannot convert a virtual machine using VMware vCenter Converter Standalone
•Conversion of a virtual machine fails immediately
•Conversion fails with the error:
Converter unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume
Error code 2147754776 (0x80042318)
•On a Windows machine running vCenter Converter Standalone, under Administration Tools > Event Viewer > Application you see the error:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: VSS
Event Category: None
Event ID: 5013
Date: 8/19/2005
Time: 10:38:14 PM


User: N/A
Computer: ComputerName
Description: Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Shadow Copy writer ContentIndexingService called routine RegQueryValueExW which failed with status 0x80070002 (converted to 0x800423f4). For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://support.microsoft.com.


Data: 0000: 57 53 48 43 4f 4d 4e 43 WSHCOMNC 0008: 32 32 39 32 00 00 00 00 2292.... 0010: 57 53 48 43 49 43 00 00 WSHCIC.. 0018: 32 38 37 00 00 00 00 00 287.....


Procedure to reolve the issue 

Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.

Locate and then click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex\Catalogs
Click the registry subkey for each program that is listed under the Catalogs registry subkey. For each registry subkey, verify whether the Location registry entry exists.
If the Location registry entry is missing for a selected program, verify whether the program is still installed.
If the program is not installed, right-click the registry subkey for the program under the Catalogs subkey, and then click Delete. If the program is installed, correct the location information.
Restart the computer, and then use Windows Backup Utility to test this problem


Please find more information http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907574