Moved the HD to new hardware, VM's won't start

Qubes-Whonix
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I get an error “Node device not found”, should I have created a backup and restored it instead of using the same HD ? Will it be possible to make the VM’s usable without returning the HD to the old hardware?

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This should be redirected to Qubes, not Whonix support, please see:
https://forums.whonix.org/t/what-to-post-in-this-qubes-whonix-forum-and-what-not