Boot Camp Partition not found.

[mbrain]

I have a macbook and a new imac, both have leopard and fusion. However my xp partition on the imac was wiped out during the installation of leopard. I reinstalled but now fusion cannot find the partition. Rather than Boot Camp Partition it shows two non working virtual machines: "Boot Camp partition on /dev/disk0" and "Boot Camp partition on /dev/disk1." I tried reinstalling both vmware as well as the xp installation. But nothing seems to work. I can boot into windows. But cannot get fusion to boot the BC partition. How do I resolve this issue?

[HPReg]

1) Start the Fusion UI

2) Delete the 2 Boot Camp VM entries from the VM Library list by selecting them and using the Delete key.

3) Exit the Fusion UI

4) Delete the VM spec files on your hard drive: all directories named dev<something> inside ~/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp.

5) Start the Fusion UI

6) Click on another window (a Finder window for example)

7) Click on the Fusion UI's VM Library window

At this point you should see a new Boot Camp entry on the VM Library list. Double-click on it. The Boot Camp partition should be prepared once again, and then your VM should be usable as usual.

[mbrain]

There is not a folder containing virtual machines, in application support. Where else might I be able to find whatever I need to delete to get back on track? I even tried deleting every thing and reinstalling fusion. But this had no effect. Do I need to erase the partition and start over again? This didn't seem to have an effect either as the mac side held on to the original partition info.

[mbrain]

There is not a folder containing virtual machines, in application support. Where else might I be able to find whatever I need to delete to get back on track? I even tried deleting every thing and reinstalling fusion. But this had no effect. Do I need to erase the partition and start over again? This didn't seem to have an effect either as the mac side held on to the original partition info. I am so confused. I can see the folders if I go through the Fusion open prompt , but can not find it otherwise.

[nathanp · Accepted solution]

When HPReg says ~/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp

It is /Users//Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp.

[mbrain]

Yes I finally found it. I feel like an idiot. I'm also a little confused why searching for it would not come up with a hit in spotlight. But thank you for your help.