VMDK file not found - but it's there!

I have a client who has problems with a virtual machine.

Running Windows 7 Home 64 bit.

VMWorkstation 6.5.1

VM is supposed to be running Windows XP Professional, but I get the message

"File not found: Windows XP Professional.vmdk.

This file is required to power on this virtual machine.  If this file has been moved, please provide its new location. »

This hard file is 0KB.

What is corrupt and how to fix it?

See attached the results of support.vbs.

First of all, you said it was 0 KB and existing in the screenshot is the same size and the date and time as the .vmem file, so I suspect that you copied the .vmem file and renamed him so it's really not a hard file.  You can not just arbitrarily copy and rename the files from one type to another type to solve this problem!   Even if it was a hard file, it is corrupted by the entries in the .log file and at this size, there is nothing to fix even if it was the original hard that the guest operating system has been installed has him toast now.

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