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bruy
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‎07-13-2011 07:09 AM

Problems while trying to start a virtual machine

I have an old virtual machine that I need to use again (I use VMWare Fusion).

When I tried to start up this virtual machine for the first time (after a long time without useing it), it showed me an error like this: "no bootable device detected", and now, when I try to start it up again, nothing happens.

Could anybody help me, please?

Thanks

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WoodyZ
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‎07-13-2011 07:14 AM

To help figure out what is what the best way to provide comprehensive diagnostic information is to use the "Collect Support Information" command from the VMware Fusion (menu bar) > Help > Collect Support Information and then attach the .tgz file it created on your Desktop to a reply post.

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bruy
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‎07-13-2011 07:39 AM

Thanks WoodyZ

Here it is.

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WoodyZ
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‎07-13-2011 08:42 AM

Wow 32.9 MB that may be the largest I've seen as normally they are between ~768KB and ~1.5MB.

Anyway, you have quite a few Virtual Machines so to speed up the process which one are you having an issue with and where is it located?

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bruy
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‎07-13-2011 09:10 AM

"VM... EN_US(...+AAP)".

It is located on a storage.

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bruy
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‎07-13-2011 09:48 AM

I think I solved the problem.

I had and "Windows... Edition.vmdk" (size: 4KB) and another one called "Windows... Edition (2).vmdk" (size: 530MB). I changed the names and it worked!

If somebody could explaind me the reason to have 2 different files, I would enjoy to know the reason!

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