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1 Replies Last post: Nov 13, 2008 4:11 PM by jim.gill
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Not detecting NTFS 100GB bootcamp ( labeled untitled)

Nov 12, 2008 9:05 PM

Click to view ewadiee's profile Novice ewadiee 19 posts since
Oct 15, 2007

I bought a new I MAC. a the initial set up I connected my mac book Pro so it can Sync all my laptop.

I opened VM fusion it could not detec teh boot camp so I figuered out that I have to reinstall teh boot camp and the Xindows XP w sp2.

I partitioned the boot camp to be 100GB ( of course Icould not do it as FAT32 soI did an NTFS quick format then sucessfully installed the windows.

now when I go back to the Fusion it does not detect the boot camp ( PS teh boot camp partition shows as untitled drive it has no boot camp as a name) I tried to rename as boot camp it wont let me do it teh rename option is not available.

The fusion does not detect the Boot camp ( untitled)

I tried to remove the old boot camp( teh corrupted one ) I ccannot find teh meta file on the library/ application support/ VMfusion

I just cannot find this old boot cam folder and I canot make teh fusion to detect the new untitled ( boot camp) is that happeneing because ot teh NTFS partion because I want it 100GB?

How can I make the fusion detect my new boot camp and how can I delete the Fusion old boot camp metal files?

thnaks

Reply Re: Not detecting NTFS 100GB bootcamp ( labeled untitled) Nov 13, 2008 4:11 PM
Click to view jim.gill's profile Hot Shot jim.gill 239 posts since
Jan 6, 2005 VMware

The Boot Camp VM (which contains no data, only proxies to your Boot Camp partition) is under your home folder, in the folder /Users/<yourname>/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp.

1) Quit Fusion

2) Open Finder, navigate to this location, and delete the Boot Camp folder (you can leave Helper alone or delete it too; Fusion recreates the Helper whenever needed).

3) Restart Fusion. The Library window should list a Boot Camp partition (on some machines, it lists two: this is due to an Apple bug in renaming devices that we haven't been able to work around; if this happens to you, one will work; the other won't, and the one that doesn't work can usually be deleted from the VM library).

4) Double-click the Boot Camp partition entry in the VM library. This should bring up the dialog "Please wait while Fusion prepares your Boot Camp partition to run as a virtual machine" and about a minute later, it should be running as a VM.


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