I put RSD 4.8, Motorola 32 bit usb drivers, and 2.3.340.sbf on a Windows XP machine and all worked flawlessly. As has been stated before, Windows 7 64 bit has issues with flashing sbf file.
Is this a full 2.3.340 sbf? Also I use windows 7 64 bit all the time with no issues, just make sure you have the 64 bit drivers. Another thing I do is hook up my phone first then launch rsd, again no issues.
team black hat has a 2.2.1 full sbf. that's what I used on my 30.04 phone. it's a paid app but it's worth it (plus you should support those devs, they work hard)
it must have been the fact that it was a VM. Ran it through a live cd and it went perfectly. though i managed to do it through a VM before somehow... anyways. IT WORKED dancedroid dancedroid dancedroid
Which sbf did you use? As stated in the tut 30.04 requires a special .sbf. Tbh has the one you need. There's also a way to downgrade, but im no expert on that.
Sorry i'm a noob at some of this what is tbhs 2.2.1 sbf? I'd hate to mess up my phone more then it is already. Is there a link that you could point me to?