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scottb428
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VM Workstation 10 on Win 7 Ultimate 64 - Freezes Up

Hello VM community,

I'm a couple days into attempting to reset a VM for an existing workstation. My original ran well for several years when recently the  Workstation wouldn't start.

I've been through the forums here and cleaned up a lot; multiple attempts at uninstalling, clearing reg values, optimizing HD, reinstalling etc.

I can now start and run the WS for a bit before it locks up with an error - logs attached.

Note the Host runs on it's own HD

c: (NTFS on drive 0) *1024.10 GB747.61 GB free

and I've created the workstation on a separate, dedicated 1TB HD.

i: (NTFS on drive 4)960.06 GB798.55 GB free

Host:

Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601.24468)

3.05 gigahertz Intel Core i7 950

64 kilobyte primary memory cache

256 kilobyte secondary memory cache

8192 kilobyte tertiary memory cache

64-bit ready

Multi-core (4 total)

Hyper-threaded (8 total)

The errors keep occurring (In Log file) which I believe is the source of the freeze but I'm not sure how to fix; solutions indicate a size issue but I have alot of space on these drives.

Thanks for any help - this is my work drive and I am a telecommuter so pretty important that I get this resolved.

Scott B

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RDPetruska
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One thing to check - make sure your virtual CD-ROM device is disconnected.  Many times if it is connected but not present, the VM will pause periodically as Workstation tries to read a CD which isn't there.

Another possibility is Anti-Virus software on the host scanning the VM folder while running.  Make sure you exclude the VM folders on your host from your AV scans.  And there have also been issues with certain AV software causing lockups on some VMs as well, within the past year or two - search the forum for tips on that.

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scottb428
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Thank you. I will take those steps and update this thread.

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wila
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Hi,

FYI, the post for antivirus products causing lockups that I tend to refer to is this one:

XP VM suddenly slow, Win 7 fine

(don't be mistaken by the title of he post, in certain configurations it can happen to Win7 guests too)

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