"Checkpoint operation failed" when trying to *start* a Virtual Machine with a physical disk attached

Question

Hello,

I am trying to recover a copy of Windows where Windows Setup failed to create the EFI partition on the correct disk. To do this, I have connected the drive to another PC, on that PC I am using Hyper-V to start Windows PE in a virtual machine.

However, if I try to start the Virtual Machine with a physical disk attached I get the following error message:

The application encountered an error while attempting to change the state of 'New Virtual Machine'.

Checkpoint operation failed.

Production checkpoints cannot be created.

Cannot take checkpoint.

Checkpoint operation for 'New Virtual Machine' failed.

Production checkpoints cannot be created for 'New Virtual Machine'.

Cannot take checkpoint for 'New Virtual Machine' because one or more pass-through disks are attached.

I understand that when a physical disk is attached to a virtual machine, snapshots cannot be created, however, this occurs when trying to start a virtual machine.

As a work around, I can start the VM up with the physical disk detached, and then attach it once the VM has started up.

The host machine is running Windows 11 24H2 (26100.2605)