VM could not remove a hard drive

I want to delete a hard drive in a virtual computer. The size of the hard disk appears as 'unavailable', if 'Delete' this hard drive I got an "invalid configuration for the device error"0".

I can only set it manually in the .vmx file and resave the VM?

Thank you in advance!

Unregester the VM

VI or nano the vmx file and comment out the specific lines on the hard drive. (Backup the vmx first)

Register VM and start.

If it comes up you can manually delete the vmdk files.

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