VMware Fusion® (for Mac) : Frequently Asked Questions about VMware Fusion : Comments

RE: Frequently Asked Questions about VMware Fusion

amir1234 — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:02:44 GMT

Okay, i installed fusion step by step everything went fine. Then I began the Easy Install of Windows through the Windows xp home edition installation disk. Two minutes into it an error screen came up on the virtual computer screen telling me to restart the computer. I shut down the virtual computer. When I restarted it all I get is a black screen with one white dash. No explanation, no idea how to complete my installation. There is an attachment with what is on my desktop. Please give me some advice or at least an explanation. VMware offers support but only through e-mail that could take forever!!! I started the process but i would appreciate it if someone could assist me.

RE: Frequently Asked Questions about VMware Fusion

Pondurenga — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:23:51 GMT

I have Virtual Windows XP Pro on a 2 GH Mac Mini, with 2 GB of memory. I am running XP thru VMWare Fusion. Will "Dragon Speaking Naturally 10" work on my system?

Nov. 16:
I finally reached Nuance with my question and they said 'Dragon' WILL NOT WORK with virtual Windows XP. Sorry it took me so long to think of answering my own question on this website. Pondurenga

RE: Frequently Asked Questions about VMware Fusion

mom100 — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:33:33 GMT

i have the same problem
what is the solution
the answer is it is NOt a bad disk

RE: Frequently Asked Questions about VMware Fusion

hbrahmbh — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:45:57 GMT

Hi, I just bought a MacBook Pro but since have always been a PC user and all my programs are in PC, bought the VMWARE Fusion. I managed to install that onto my MacBook, but have been unsuccessful in uploading the Windows Vista-32 bit. Does one need to be connected to the internet to install windows on the IMAC? I open a virtual window and go through the steps and put in the Windows disc when it asks but then it says "operating system not available" Also, does the VMWARE Tools need to be installed first? I have been unable to do that as well? Please help.

RE: Frequently Asked Questions about VMware Fusion

clarkalex — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:01:28 GMT

I have a work situation where images have been created in vmware 5.5 I can transport the images on my portable usb drive home where I have vmware fusion 1, work on them, bring them back to work and everything is fine.
The question is, if I upgrade to vmware fusion 2 at home, which will want to 'upgrade' the images, are they still going to continue to work in the vmware workstation 5.5 environment?

Thanks

RE: Frequently Asked Questions about VMware Fusion

HPReg — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:23:17 GMT

clarkalex, you can use your Workstation 5.5 VM with Fusion 2 without any problem. Just do NOT upgrade the VM with Fusion 2 if you want to keeping using it with Workstation 5.5 as well.

RE: Frequently Asked Questions about VMware Fusion

PTWoo — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:40:18 GMT

Hi, am running snow leopard (installed last week) and the latest version of vmware fusion (although not the public beta) and have a Virtual machine of XP with SP3. This afternoon XP hung horribly, and no commands through VM Ware fusion would persuade it to reboot. Even Snow Leopard would not quit as it was prevented by fusion. I confess I got pissed and pulled the battery (i know). Anyway to cut a long and rather dull story short, I now cannot boot XP. I get the message "File not found - Windows XP Professional - 000004.vmdk" - What can I do to resolve this? I have installed the latest updates for Snow Leopard and also the latest public beta for VMWare fusion, but to no avail.....Help

RE: Frequently Asked Questions about VMware Fusion

XUSN — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:34:03 GMT

I see that you are not logging on as much as you used to but I've read your posts and can actually understand them. The problem is I don't see the solution to my issue... Any help would be appreciated.

I use VM to support XP on my Mac. It recently froze because I was out of memory. I discovered that I have ~ 60Gb of segmented files; each with about 2Gb

Windows XP Professional - s001.vmdk
Windows XP Professional - s002.vmdk
Etc. up to 034

How do I delete the dupes or other data embedded in these separate files to clean up memory. I know it is VM Fushion related and not underlying XP data. Thanks.