Converter doesn't recognize hard disk anymore

[MartinDahl]

Hi,

my physical machine is Dell Latitude E6510, Win 7 Pro 64-bit.

I installed VMWare converter standalone 4.3.0.292238 , to create a VM copy of the physical system.

The first time I run converter, all went OK - it saw all the partitions on the HDD etc., I modified a few options and started the convertion - it finished OK. Unfortunately the generated VM was unable to boot so I deleted all the files and started everything again.

However, now converter doesn't see HDD anymore. On the first screen, when I click 'View source details..', it says:

Source disk(s): No disks info.

The strange thing is, the first time I run converter, it saw all the partitions - and I didn't make whatever changes since then.

The HDD partition configuration is weird, there are

OEM Partition 39 MB

RECOVERY ~800MB (System, active, primary)

OS(C:\) (boot, primary)

2 data partitions (logical drives)

The first 3 partitions were already existing, created by Dell. I later shrinked C and added the two data partitions.

Any idea how to fix this and make it see HDD again?

thanks

[idle-jam]

hmm, just a wild guess, can you reboot your laptop and try again? 😃

[a_p_ · Accepted solution]

Try to disable UAC and run the Converter by right clicking and selection "Run as Administrator".

André

[continuum]

> Unfortunately the generated VM was unable to boot

bluescreens 7b on imported windows7 VMs are very harmless and can be fixed easily - do you still have that VM ?

[MartinDahl]

Thanks André, 'Run as administrator' solved it (without UAC disable).

It's strange the first time it worked OK without that. But now I think I started WMPlayer directly from the installer so it run already elevated.

Rebooting host didn't help.

@continuum  : no, I don't keep that VM.

Deleted it and created another, but didn't have time to wait and test it.

It's strange that I can't de-select RECOVERY partition, have to select it together with C:\

For the second attempt, I selected OEM+ RECOVERY+ C:\

Now in case that that new VM can't boot , how do I easily fix it?

[a_p_]

It's strange that I can't de-select RECOVERY partition...

The Recovery partition is most likely configured to to be the Active partition. AFAIK that's why the Converter does not let you deselect it.

André