This weekend a partition containing my VMWare virtual machines was accidently deleted by Acronis backup software
I rebuilt the partition and re-assigned the same drive letter.
I then restored the "Virtual Machines" folder from my backup.
Now when I launch VMPlayer and start my virtual machine I get the following error:
Error while powering on: Unable to open file "H:\Virtual Machines\Windows\XP Professional\Windoes XP Professional.vmdk": The system cannot find the file specified.
Looking in the directory I find the file with the correct directory path and filename.
No attributes (hidden, readonly etc.) are on.
I am logged in as administrator.
Is there some other files/directories I should have also restored?
Suggestions?
According to the log file the VM has a 40GB virtual disk which consists of 21 files Windows XP Professional-s001.vmdk" - Windows XP Professional-s021.vmdk". However, the screenshot only shows 5 of these .vmdk files!? Please check whether you can recover the missing files.
André
Archive (compress) and attach the vmware*.log files, usually 4 of them, into a single .zip archive file from the target Virtual Machine along with a screen shot of the files that comprise the Virtual Machine showing file name, file size and date/time stamp.
NOTE: DO NOT copy and paste the contents of the .log file into the body of a reply! Use the "Use advanced editor" link in the upper right corner of the normal reply window to bring up the Advanced Editor where you'll be able to attach files via the Choose File button or Browse button (depending on Browser) above the Post Message button!
According to the log file the VM has a 40GB virtual disk which consists of 21 files Windows XP Professional-s001.vmdk" - Windows XP Professional-s021.vmdk". However, the screenshot only shows 5 of these .vmdk files!? Please check whether you can recover the missing files.
André
That did it. Thanks much.
Next time I will look at logs more carefully before I ask for help.