Cannot start VM due to missing file after consolidating snapshots

I'm looking for help in a number of cliché I'll have my VM.  I try to be complete in my description of the problem in order to encourage aid without someone having to ask a lot of follow-up questions.  I appreciate the help that you can give me!

I'm using ESXi 3.5 update 2 with all SATA storage facilities.  Due to speed issues, I want to move all the VMs on the server, rebuild on Windows Server 2008, install VMWare Server 2 and settle the VMs.  I installed Server 2008 on a different hard drive, so I can return to the ESXi if a problem any.

While it has been initialized to ESXi, I removed all the snapshots of my virtual machines (or at least I thought I had), so that the vmdk was the most recent copy.  Then I used VMWare Converter to copy the ESXi virtual machines on my desktop as a VMWare workstation files.  I started in Server 2008 and created a store of data via CIFS to check share I could start all virtual machines before removing the ESXi constantly and reappropriation of disk space.

VMWare Server 2, all virtual machines has worked, except one - the Zocalo VM booted up like the original version, which was the State it was in before the first snapshot.  I started with ESXi and noticed that I could no longer boot Zocalo.  Looking at the directory of the data store, I saw three snapshots, but the Snapshot Manager not seen at all.  Here are the files found:

-rw -- 1 root root 15820978176 12 Oct 04:17 Zocalo-000001 - delta.vmdk
RW -
-- 1 root root 22 254 Sep 04:38 Zocalo - 000001.vmdk
RW -
-- 1 root root 536934400 Sep 16 20:48: Zocalo-000002 - delta.vmdk
RW -
-- 1 root root 16 247 Sep 20:42: Zocalo - 000002.vmdk
RW -
-- 1 root root 2868967424 Jan 24 23:03 Zocalo-000003 - delta.vmdk
RW -
-- 1 root root 254 10 dec 01:51 Zocalo - 000003.vmdk
RW -
-- 1 root root 2152842854 Sep 15 05:03 Zocalo - Snapshot1.vmsn
RW -
-- 1 root root 2152793391 Sep 16 20:49 Zocalo - Snapshot2.vmsn
RW -
-- 1 root root 19975 12 Oct 04:17 Zocalo - Snapshot3.vmsn
RW -
-- 1 root root 32212254720 Sep 15 05:02 Zocalo - flat hard
RW -
-- 1 root root 8684 Jan 24 23:03 Zocalo.nvram
RW -
-- 1 root root 15 399 Sep 03:31 Zocalo.vmdk
RW -
--1 root root 1617 12 Oct 04:17 Zocalo.vmsd


-rw -- 1 root root 1617 26 Jan 09:04 Zocalo.vmsd.bak
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2976 26 Jan 08:34 Zocalo.vmx
RW -
---1 root root 261 16 Oct 06:06 Zocalo.vmxf

The Zocalo.vmsd file shows the three snapshots.  However, the third photo shows the files that exist (Zocalo_1.vmdk, Zocalo_2.vmdk and Zocalo_3.vmdk).  Here is the part of the vmsd file:

snapshot2.Disk0.filename = "Zocalo - 000001.vmdk".
snapshot2.Disk0.node = "scsi0:0". »
snapshot2. Disk1.filename = ' / vmfs/volumes/48d708a7-3a9519e6-b432-0022157a057e/Zocalo/Zocalo_1.vmdk '.
snapshot2. Disk1.node = "scsi0:1".
snapshot2. Disk1.mode = '1 '.
snapshot2.Disk2.filename = ' / vmfs/volumes/48d708a7-3a9519e6-b432-0022157a057e/Zocalo/Zocalo_2.vmdk '.
snapshot2.Disk2.node = "scsi0:2".
snapshot2.Disk2.mode = '1 '.
snapshot2.Disk3.filename = ' / vmfs/volumes/48d708a7-3a9519e6-b432-0022157a057e/Zocalo/Zocalo_3.vmdk '.
snapshot2.Disk3.node = "scsi0:3".
snapshot2.Disk3.mode = '1 '.

I did extensive research to find a solution to this problem.  A solution I found was to rename the vmsd, create another cliché and remove it so it would automatically incorporate the old clichés.  However, this does not work.

VMware converter has done something destructive to this virtual machine? How can I incorporate these snapshots in a final vmdk? I really want to lose the data because the backup I have is old.

If you are using vmware converter, then you don't have to worry about snapshots.  In essence, it will create a new disk that is a grouping of all your shots.

-KjB

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