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• Virtual machine from Windows XP to Windows 7 Professional

  Two years ago the virtual machine from Windows XP was installed on my laptop which has Windows 7 Professional.  I use version XP for playing games is not compatible on Windows 7.  Everything worked well until a few weeks ago.  I was unable to open the games.  An error message window is displayed when I click to start the game.  "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG. NT.  The file system not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications.  Choose 'Close' to terminate the application. "The top border of the window says error message"16 bit Windows subsystem.   Any ideas.

  After temporarily off any protection, I tried restore and recovery without success.  Error message says that both failed.

  Please keep in mind that I'm completely computer illiterate.  Thank you.

  Hello Willias,

  Thanks for posting your question on the Microsoft community.

  The question will be better suited to the audience of professionals on the TechNet forums.

  I would recommend posting your query in the TechNet forums.

  TechNet Forum
  https://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/Windows/en-us/home?category=w7itpro

  Thank you

• Problems after resizing XP virtual machine: a Windows image not valid

  After increasing my Windows XP virtual machine, I can't run Microsoft programs.

  My system

  I am running XP as a virtual disk with Fusion 4.1.3 on a MacBook Pro (OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard) with a drive of 500 GB and 4 GB of RAM.  My virtual machine from Windows XP (formatted FAT) has only 700 MB of free space, so I tried to increase its size from 32 GB to 48 GB.

  What I've done

  1. I increased the size of the HD in merger/disc settings

  2. the virtual machine does not resize automatically.  Messages to OS X Console says repeatedly that the virtual machine was no resizing applications ("' NUMA: auto size request ignored '")

  3. I then used EaseUS Partition Master in Windows XP to increase the use of the newly released hard drive space, but the extra space would never appear after reboot XP

  4. I then tried Partition Wizard, that worked.  So that resizing Partition Wizard was also moving files.

  The problem:

  When I restarted Windows, I got several error messages saying that the dll is not a valid windows image.  I couldn't run all Microsoft programs (Outlook, Excel, etc.) but can run non-Microsoft programs after clicking through many error reports.

  Fortunately, I made a copy of the virtual machine before attempting to resize, so I use it now.  But I lost 12 GB on my Mac hard drive and cannot get enough space in Windows

  Any thoughts out there so that I could get enough space?

  It is good that you made a backup, because even in the best conditions can things and sometimes lack.

  Since you had questions, go right to work, in other words, the first step to actually make the larger virtual hard drive, I have consider doing the following.

  1. ensure that you have a backup full host.  Time Machine is great for Mac OS X but not for Virtual Machines.  For the Virtual Machines, you must make a copy while closed stop, unsprung, and VMware Fusion.  Once you are sure that have everything backed up properly...

  2. use utility disk to verify disk permissions, disk check and optionally repair either or both based on audit reports.

  3. use vmware-vdiskmanager with the -r option to check the integrity of the virtual hard disk.

  4. from the guest operating system in a Windows prompt command use chkdsk /f to check and fix a problem with the Windows file system.

  5. try to resize the virtual hard disk again.

• create the virtual machine from windows NT 4 server with adaptec raid 5

  I have an old Dell (1998) server running windows NT 4.0 sp6a.  He had a raid 5 configuration using the controller raid adaptec SCSI 2940.  2 discs failed who broke the raid set.  I had a disk recovery company to recover the data and they have scratched off readers and gave me a SATA with all volumes.  I found a procedure to create a virtual hard disk (.vhd) and then converted to a hard and used to create a virtual machine in VMware workstation 7.  When I turn on the virtual machine, it begins the process of starting windows, shows the boot menu, select normal or mode VGA, goes through the process of NTdetect, display processor and memory but then gives a BSOD with the message inaccessible_boot_device.

  I changed the hard to affect the buslogic ddb.adaptertype, but it gave me the same problem.

  is there a different driver that I need for an adaptec raid controller or if the typical SCSI drivers should work?  If the typical SCSI drivers should work, so my problem might be in my Boot.ini because it shows that he is supposed to start on the partition (4) and this sata drive may not have scores exactly as they were on the raid configuration.  I tried to mount the volumes not in read-only mode, but the partition that I need to change the boot.ini file is partition (2) what mapping VMware won't let me open mode not readonly.  whenever I have, select it and it opens the partition (1) mode not readonly.

  I know this sounds complicated then I hope I described with precision.

  Hello
  I live in Germany, but my internal clock seems to be adapted to the New York Times.
  Very useful, because most repairs or recovery to the VMware is done the evening or at night.

• To make a Virtual Machine from Windows XP to a hard training camp?

  At first, I use bootcamp to install Windows XP, then I made a virtual machine using the merger. Disk failure hard macbook, good thing I had a backup superduper, call apple and got a new hard drive. Reinstall Leopard and migrate the data back. Is their a way I can do the virtual machine back in a bootcamp partition? because of the game and it is possible.

  With no offense intended if you ask it would be probably faster and easier to just install Windows via Boot Camp and then if you also want to run the Boot Camp partition in a Virtual Machine afterward then you can do it too.

  That said, let me go on what said you, you said... "At the beginning I use bootcamp to install Windows XP, then I made a virtual machine using the merger."  Well your statement could be interpreted as ambiguous and you didn't say what version of Fusion you use so I'll assume 2.x and with this in mind, you have two choices in Fusion 2.x himself.  1. you can run the partition Boot Camp in a VM or 2. You can import the Boot Camp partition as a Virtual Machine based on a normal file and it is then separated and apart from the Boot Camp partition and will cease to be in harmony as running just the Boot Camp as a Virtual Machine partition would be however it gives the possibility to do something else that the Boot Camp partition as a virtual se Machine running can do.

  Now, if all you had done turns partition Boot Camp in a Virtual Machine then you have no other choice than to run the Boot Camp Assistant and reinstall Windows because your SuperDuper! Backup probably would not have the Boot Camp partition in it, and as such, there is nothing to restore the Boot Camp partition.  Did you have a backup Winclone then that would be another story.

  On the other hand was actually imported the Boot Camp Virtual Machine based on the partition to a normal file and you want to use to run from the Boot Camp partition then it's called ranging from virtual to physical or P2V.  If that's what your want to do so that is where my first comment in this response applies mainly.  In any case while V2P is technically feasible is not if easily done for someone who needs to ask because it may be a technical process complex which requires a certain level of expertise that is generally beyond what casual users are configured to do and more technical use should not ask because even if they don't know how they would get the answers before they would ask questions and then ask for verification of what they are seeking first.

  Adequate preparation is absolutely necessary going V2P when it's a Fusion Virtual Machine to Boot, Boot Camp partition natively.

  It has been my experience that unless a Virtual Machine is properly prepared as in the use of SysPrep or other products such as ShadowProtectDesktop that initiating the Boot Camp partition natively an image of a virtual one Machine will get the proverbial STOP: 0x0000007b BSOD so it's one of the good preparation of the main reasons is necessary.

  Unless you have a good reason, then I think a clean build is always the best way to go if we have time, however, if I had a complex construction that I had no time to clean the build and really need to V2P then I'd probably make an appropriate SysPrep, and then use Paragon Drive Backup 9.0 Professional as it is compatible with the Tables of Partition GUIDS and compatible with the configuration of Boot Camp Apple.

  Anyway if your situation is a V2P scenario, then I would say that search you the forum by using V2P or Virtual physical since the search terms such as this have been debated before.

• Restore the Virtual Machine from Windows 7

  I had set up a virtual computer on another partition on my drive (D:\VM) and my computer crashed and the computer scientist did a restore of the C: drive and I am not currently able to do the old VM to work. I have the following files listed under D:\VM

  License.NLF

  Windows XP Mode.vhd

  Windows XP Mode.vsv

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  Windows XP Mode.vmc.vpcbackup

  Looks like the latest state of the virtual machine is on hypernation. How can I make my old VM to work? Need help!

  Hello

  The question you posted would be better suited in the TechNet Forums. I would recommend posting your query in the TechNet Forums.
  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7itprovirt/threads

  Hope this information helps.

• URGENT! After installing 6 Fusion and creation of new virtual machine with Windows 7, I get a message "VMware Fusion cannot enter the unit". WHAT SHOULD DO?

  After purchase, installation and activation Fusion 6 with the license key, I had a library of VMS showing 2 Boot Camp partitions. It's strange that I only have 1.
  I tried to activate them but received a message that it is out of date in 2 cases. (see annex 1)

  I started a new virtual machine with a Windows 7 installation disc directly on my HD. I have provided a way to do this and followed the instructions of Fusion to the screen.

  Apparently, everything went well and after several restarts, the installation appears to be over (see annex 2) I tried to open and run the installed Windows 7. I had however a window with the following message:

  "Pending the unit.

  "VMware Fusion cannot enter the unit. Please wait until the unit starts automatically, or interact with the virtual machine below. ' (see annex 3)

  Here Windows 7 seems to start but after a while with the home screen and of the Øresund finishing this window closed and open a new window called library Virtual Machine on the left showing the partitions of Bootcamp and the Virtual Machine Windows 7 x 64 and in the middle gray a representation of what is supposed to be the Windows 7 desktop. (see Exhibit 4). When I opened the settings button a window with different setting options pops up. This mark means to me that Windows is installed but the final opening isn't the case

  When you quit Vmware Fusion indeed Windows seems to be close (see part 5)

  What is going on? What has gone wrong? What should I do? I don't know how to solve the problem.

  I should f.i. remove the virtual machine from Windows 7 and is free automatically made partition on my HD as the reboot with the Windows installation disc? or y at - it another way to enter the UNIT?

  Help, please!

  Thanks in advance

  Your virtual machine is running. It is in the unit - which each windows gets its own window of Mac - and you have no application Windows running, there is no visible windows. You can start a Windows application in the start of Fusion menu in the menu bar at the top right, or turn on the Windows task bar on the view menu and start applications from there. Or use the view menu to switch to the Single mode or full-screen, which puts all of your Windows desktop in a window separate from Mac.

  You do not have two partitions to Boot Camp on your Mac, you have two virtual machines named "Boot Camp partition".

  The message about it being unable to enter the unit arrives while the merger is pending for the tools begin to run, because the tool is necessary for the unit.

• Windows 7 a vmdk file not found, cannot open the file '... Virtual Machines.localized/Windows 7.vmwarevm/Windows 7. VMDK

  Could not open the file ".../Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows 7.vmwarevm/Windows 7.vmdk:

  Help, please. I copied this over from a backup and it does not open. I joined the collection of support...

  Thank you very much!

  B

  it2webber wrote: could not open the file ".../Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows 7.vmwarevm/Windows 7.vmdk:

  Help, please. I copied this over from a backup and it does not open.

  How the Virtual Machine has been backed up and restored?  If Time Machine then...

  It is a known fact that Time Machine is not 100% reliable backing up/restoring VMS in all circumstances/conditions.  Also back up Virtual Machines via Time Machine of disk/time intensive and wastes a lot of space for something that may be corrupted and worthless time to restore it.  At least I would exclude the Virtual Machines with virtual machines and Time Machine shutdown, not suspended and VMware Fusion closed and then manually copy the VMS to another location, preferably on a different physical hard drive.  So keep the user data stored in the virtual machine saved out of the Virtual Machine on a regular basis in order to always have a backup of the current user data.  If you need to restore a properly saved by VM is not as common at least you will have a virtual working Machine and data user to go forward with when you find out your Time Machine backup of the virtual machine fails.  Also take a look at: best practices for backup of virtual machine (programs and data) in VMware Fusion (1013628)

  That said, if you don't have a copy of the file "Windows 7 - f004.vmdk" and then to try to retrieve the data from the user, you can try the following:

  Download then unzip it (double-click on) the joint "Windows_7 - f004.vmdk.zip" file that contains the file "Windows 7 - f004.vmdk ' an empty logical binary measure that has been created on the metric of the existing drive and add to the Package of the Virtual Machine.  This should allow the VHD to be considered as a virtual hard drive, assuming that there is no damage to the extent of the binary left headers.  Take a look on: work with Virtual Machine packages

  At this point, that the VHD has the scope necessary to show as a full disk, assuming that it is not corrupt the header in other binary extensions and can now attempt to access for the recovery of user data.

  There are several ways to try to retrieve user data.  The easy, although not necessarily work properly according to what now lack us due to replace the missing binary extensions with a logical empty measure, is trying to start the VM normally.  If the virtual machine starts up on the desk and VMware Tools load properly you should be able to copy your data to user off on a USB or slip and fall on the side of Mac or if you have a configured VMware folder then copy the files through it.

  Other methods involve starting the Virtual Machine with a Live OS ISO Image and copy files from a USB key or temporarily assemble the VHD to another Virtual Machine work.

  With the right tools installed the virtual hard disk could also be mounted as another accessible Volume through Finder.

• Windows 7 computer physical exported to the virtual machine and now will not boot on another machine

  Hello

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  Export/create a virtual machine from the current physical running computer. After it's done, I plug in the USB key which contains the files of virtual computer for a laptop and try to start this virtual machine. It does not start due to "recent changes". This probably means that the OS never will start, right?

  This seems odd to me, or I can't understand what is happening here. I thought that to have a virtual machine means that the operating system could not doing the physical machine, it is running on, but just saw it is virtualized OS/machine.

  I would like to "clone" a current physical machine and then run it on another PC is because we need to have a client machine, convert applications on it and then return either the image (if they already had a running image) or we have a complete script on how to convert/upgrade for that client applications so that the downtime will be minimal and maximum success rate.

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  Some clients running ESX and we want to take a picture of that and do the same trick as for workstation

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  See you soon,.

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  I bought a copy of Virtualization Manager 2010 at the time where converter couldn't handle windows 7.

  Nowadays the 4.3 version should work well.

  As mentioned previously, the mebdedded in my computer is very outdated.

  On my site, you will find a howto for p2v 2008 r2 - this works for Windows 7 too - and it uses only free tools

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• can fix wood? "/ Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows 7.vmwarevm/Windows 7.vmx ' is not a valid virtual machine configuration file

  Hi all

  I had this error on my windows machine 7

  "/ Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows 7.vmwarevm/Windows 7.vmx ' is not a valid virtual machine configuration file

  I know that there is a guy named wood that can be attached, if the vmx file and log files

  Hope that the joint can be used to repair

  Thank you

  Jack

  Welcome to the community,

  I'm sure that WoodyZ will be able to solve this problem and will come with a file like the one I've attached to this message

  André

• Could not open the Virtual Machine: get Windows XP line 1: syntax error

  The VMware Fusion team:

  I impatiently force them to leave my MacBook Pro as my virtual machine was frozen... as a result, whenever I try and open my VM, I get this error: http://img.Skitch.com/20100316-bdpjryuqdskw8831i8j56iyqs1.jpg .

  I restart and no improvement.

  Tips, thoughts, suggestions? Thanks a lot for your help.

  I do not have the fainest idea why you're engaging again the truncated .vmx file of origin that you posted first however back a review what I said.  The line at the bottom is the .vmx file that I have attached to my last answer should be used to replace your computer in the Virtual Machine "s as package but the Virtual Machine must be stopped, not suspended and merger closed when you replace the truncated by a good I have attached.»  I can't do it, is more obvious or simple then I already have!

• Import a virtual machine from a backup of Symantec .sv2i

  I need to create a virtual machine from the backup of a Windows physical box created with one of the latest versions of Symantec BESR.

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  Can someone please provide a solution or at least advice?

  Concerning

  Marius

  Hello

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• How to move virtual machines from one host to another without full VI and vMotion?

  Hello

  could you help me with a question?

  I have two installed hosts with ESXi 3.5 U5, which are connected to the shared iSCSI (Openfiler) - VMs storage are installed on the storage disk. My requirement is to have a cheap solution of DR - in case of failure of a host, I need to move and start VM on the host of work. How to achieve without going through VMware Infrastructure 3.5 and vMotion?

  I found this article:

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  Thank you.

  ARO

  Danas

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  If the virtual machines are on local storage, but the two hosts are connected to the same shared storage, clone virtual machines on a daily basis from local storage to shared storage. Use something like ghettoVCB http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-8760 make the clone. In the case of a server failure, you will be able to browse the data store, add to the inventory on the shared storage and switch the cloned machine.

• Transfer of virtual machines from a server ESXi 3.5 to new ESXi 4.1 server. What is the procedure.

  I read on how to transfer a virtual machine from one server to another using VMotion. Not 100% clear on the process again. What I see or read is when you do this since an ESXi 3.5 Server ESXi 4.1 server, I do not see any information on, if possible. In addition, I have not read if I need to convert or upgrade the virtual machine until I use it on the new server. So, my question is, are there any special instructions, conversion tools to convert a VM created 3.5 to use on the new Server 4.1? Is there a detailed procedure that I have not yet found or read best describes this process. Like I said up to now I'm not 100% clear on the procedure. Thank you.

  ESX 3.5 VMs can run without modification on a host ESXi 4.1 - VMotion between the two hosts, you will stiil need to ensure CPU compatibility between the hosts.

  Maybe it's the best guid for upfrading to vSphere - http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_upgrade_guide.pdf

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• Trying to copy a virtual machine from one server to another

  Hi all

  I'm new to ESXi 4, although I used VMWare Workstation for years.  I am trying to copy a virtual machine from a Windows system (Sysprep) from one host to another.  The two hosts are identical systems with the exact same ESXi host configuration.  Same hw, same version of ESXi, same setup, same size of the partition.

  When I use the Vsphere data store browse to 'download' the vmdk and vmx files to a local drive (Windows Server 2003), I get the following 3 files: the same vmx file, a tiny vmdk file and a file huge filename - flat hard.  The file vmdk on browser to store data from the source host is about 23 GB.  The flat on the local system vmdk file is almost 63 GB.

  Can I reopen Vsphere on the destination server and "load" the 3 files in a directory that I created in the data store.  Once there, I use the browser "Add to inventory."  When I try to turn on the virtual machine, I get the error message "not enough space on the data store."

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  Thanks in advance,

  Mark

  What you see is by design.

  When you try to copy a disc loaded end service, with the browser data store or FastSCP, the virtual disk will be inflated. Use the converter such as recommended by AlbertWT.

  Since the virtual disks of destination must already 60 GB of disk space you may not able to power on the virtual machine, because there is not enough disk space for the swap file, which is the size of the configured RAM (less reserve, if necessary).

  André