error in editing esxi3.5 vmdk using vmware - mount.exe

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  I use 9 VMWare Workstation on a host with a Windows XP guest x86_64.

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  Oct 15 11:52:36.473: vmx| DISK: OPEN scsi0:0 '/Volumes/VM/seven.vmwarevm/seven.vmdk' persistent R[]
  Oct 15 11:52:39.083: vmx| FILE: WaitForPossession timeout on '/Volumes/VM/seven.vmwarevm/seven.vmdk.lck/M41364.lck' due to a local process (333)
  Oct 15 11:52:39.084: vmx| FILE: FileIO_Lock on '/Volumes/VM/seven.vmwarevm/seven.vmdk' failed: Lock timed out
  Oct 15 11:52:39.084: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: DescriptorOpenWithRetry: Descriptor file '/Volumes/VM/seven.vmwarevm/seven.vmdk' locked (try 0)
  Oct 15 11:52:42.952: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [0]: "seven-f001.vmdk" 0 (0x1a)
  Oct 15 11:52:42.952: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [1]: "seven-f002.vmdk" 0 (0x1a)
  Oct 15 11:52:42.952: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [2]: "seven-f003.vmdk" 0 (0x1a)
  Oct 15 11:52:42.952: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [3]: "seven-f004.vmdk" 0 (0x1a)
  Oct 15 11:52:42.952: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [4]: "seven-f005.vmdk" 0 (0x1a)
  Oct 15 11:52:42.952: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [5]: "seven-f006.vmdk" 0 (0x1a)
  Oct 15 11:52:42.953: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [6]: "seven-f007.vmdk" 0 (0x1a)
  Oct 15 11:52:42.953: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [7]: "seven-f008.vmdk" 0 (0x1a)
  Oct 15 11:52:42.953: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [8]: "seven-f009.vmdk" 0 (0x1a)
  Oct 15 11:52:42.953: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [9]: "seven-f010.vmdk" 0 (0x1a)
  Oct 15 11:52:42.953: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [10]: "seven-f011.vmdk" 0 (0x1a)
  Oct 15 11:52:42.953: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [11]: "seven-f012.vmdk" 0 (0x1a)
  Oct 15 11:52:42.953: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [12]: "seven-f013.vmdk" 0 (0x1a)
  Oct 15 11:52:42.953: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [13]: "seven-f014.vmdk" 0 (0x1a)
  Oct 15 11:52:42.953: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [14]: "seven-f015.vmdk" 0 (0x1a)
  Oct 15 11:52:42.953: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [15]: "seven-f016.vmdk" 0 (0x1a)
  Oct 15 11:52:42.953: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [16]: "seven-f017.vmdk" 0 (0x1a)
  Oct 15 11:52:42.953: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [17]: "seven-f018.vmdk" 0 (0x1a)
  Oct 15 11:52:42.953: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [18]: "seven-f019.vmdk" 0 (0x1a)
  Oct 15 11:52:42.953: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [19]: "seven-f020.vmdk" 0 (0x1a)
  Oct 15 11:52:42.953: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [20]: "seven-f021.vmdk" 0 (0x1a)
  Oct 15 11:52:42.953: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [21]: "seven-f022.vmdk" 0 (0x1a)
  Oct 15 11:52:42.953: vmx| DISKLIB-LINK  : Opened '/Volumes/VM/seven.vmwarevm/seven.vmdk' (0x1a): twoGbMaxExtentSparse, 83886080 sectors / 40 GB.
  Oct 15 11:52:42.953: vmx| DISKLIB-LIB   : Opened "/Volumes/VM/seven.vmwarevm/seven.vmdk" (flags 0x1a).
  Oct 15 11:52:42.954: vmx| DiskDDB: Could not retrieve geometry.cylinders: The called function cannot be performed on partial chains. Please open the parent virtual disk.
  Oct 15 11:52:42.954: vmx| DiskDDB: Could not retrieve geometry.biosCylinders: The called function cannot be performed on partial chains. Please open the parent virtual disk.
  Oct 15 11:52:42.954: vmx| DiskGetGeometry: Reading of disk partition table
  Oct 15 11:52:42.954: vmx| Setting thread 37 stack size to 1048576.
  Oct 15 11:52:43.213: vmx| Msg_Post: Error
  Oct 15 11:52:43.213: vmx| [http://msg.disk.noBackEnd|http://msg.disk.noBackEnd] Cannot open the disk '/Volumes/VM/seven.vmwarevm/seven.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.
  Oct 15 11:52:43.213: vmx| [http://msg.disk.configureDiskError|http://msg.disk.configureDiskError] Reason: The called function cannot be performed on partial chains. Please open the parent virtual disk.----------------------------------------
  Oct 15 11:52:47.567: vmx| Module DiskEarly power on failed.
  

  Is it possible to fix the vmdk?

  Sorry I had not had my coffee yet and missed the following...

  The next section in the original seven.vmdk file looked like at...

  # Disk DescriptorFile
  version=1
  encoding="UTF-8"
  CID=00000000
  parentCID=00000000
  isNativeSnapshot="no"
  createType="twoGbMaxExtentSparse"
  

  It should have looked like...

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  version=1
  encoding="UTF-8"
  CID=fffffffe
  parentCID=ffffffff
  isNativeSnapshot="no"
  createType="twoGbMaxExtentFlat"
  

  Try the new version of the attached file seven.vmdk.

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