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I can’t imagine how there are missing files as the archiving was done with a backup program that mirrors the «live» folders into the archive. SidPrice said: «Thanks for your help so far, it is much appreciated. This can happen if the VM was running at the time of making that backup or if one of those files was being scanned by an antivirus program or some of the slices got moved by accident or there was not sufficient disk space or A VM is a bit special in that respect and you sadly found out why I ended up writing a backup program specifically for backing up VM’s.

From the looks at the contents of the files you share, you indeed are missing both slices in order to be able to use the VM. If you want to be able to open the VM some data will be gone!

After that the «cannot find file» error should be gone, but I cannot promise you that your VM will boot. Continuum Ulli is your best chance on getting the VM back working. Windows 7 Pro xcl1. I can’t attach the files because of the limited file types accepted. So, here is a link to a zipped file:. SidPrice said: «I can’t attach the files because of the limited file types accepted. Ugh, another «new forum problem» I’ll report it to the people who can fix that.

Thanks for letting us know. Wil – your first idea was correct. In fact there are only the 2 slices missing that you already listed.

But your good suggestion was a lucky guess. What you missed was the fact that the basedisk was created when the max-size per slice was smaller than the max size per slice was when the snapshots were created. Looks like the basedisk was created with an older workstation version. So the two missing slices still have to be replaced. The general idea when missing slices have to be replaced is to pick an existing slice which in an ideal case has not been written to.

Looking through the file list for both workstation versions an «empty slice» had a size of , bytes. So I would suggest to use Windows 7 Pro xcl1-s And in this case I believe that the damage that obviously will occur when ever a used slice is replaced with a blank one will be quite small. Anyway – after replacing both slices I would suggest to add another snapshot before starting the VM again.

When it starts as I assume it will, run a checkdisk and then evaluate if anything important is missing. But as mentioned before I assume that in this lucky case the damage will be minimal. I agree that the missing » Windows 7 Pro xcls However, the base disk has been resized a couple of times, and the first files have a max. A manually created «Windows 7 Pro xcl1-s Note: The new VMTN platform unfortunately does currently allow only certain file types as attachments, so that I needed to find a workaround to provide the newly created.

I understand clearly the instructions for copying the file to the two missing files, however, I am not clear about the embedded VMDK file. How do I extract that file from the PowerPoint? I downloaded it but do not see a way to extract the embedded file. The missing » Windows 7 Pro xcls The PowerPoint file contains a. Download the attached Powerpoint file opening it in the viewer won’t allow to access the embedded.

It will likely open in a Protected view, and you need to allow editing. File name: Windows 7 Pro xcl1-s Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Search instead for. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Start collaborating and sharing organizational knowledge. Create a free Team Why Teams?

Learn more about Teams. Rename vm files on vmware workstation Ask Question. Asked 12 years, 7 months ago. Modified 4 months ago. Viewed 40k times. How do I manually rename these without messing up the virtual machine? I’m not using the newest vmware workstation version. Improve this question. Hennes 64k 7 7 gold badges silver badges bronze badges.

AO AO. Add a comment. Sorted by: Reset to default. Highest score default Date modified newest first Date created oldest first. First stop virtual machine and exit VMware Player if you do not done already. You only need to edit two files with your favorite text editor, namely: In VMX file this three properties are related: scsi Improve this answer. Georgi Hristov Georgi Hristov 1 1 silver badge 3 3 bronze badges.

But the VMDK is a huge binary file. How do your rename the sub-vmdk file names? Probably like this: vmware. If you use split disks, the VMDK file is the hard disk hence it is a huge binary file and you cannot edit it. With split disks, the VMDK file is a text file. Note that this is trickier if the VM has snapshots or if the VM is using split disks.

Georgi Hristov’s answer is more complete. Rob Goodwin Rob Goodwin 4 4 bronze badges. Make sure VMware is not running. Copy the VM’s entire folder. To copy in Ubuntu, I ran sudo nautilus replace nautilus with your own file manager to open Files with administrator privileges. When the copying was done, I named the new folder UbuWb. Inside that folder, I renamed Ubuntu.

I double-clicked on UbuWb. This opened VMware Player and produced a dialog that began, «This virtual machine might have been moved or copied.

I closed down the VM and took a look in the file manager e. The Ubuntu.

 
 

 

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