I NEED HELP.
So i am new to mac and am a nood. I am running the latest version of vmware fusion , os and windows 7.
So my computer crashed and i had to force shut down. Vmware was running at the time with windows 7, now when i try to run windows 7 i get this:
Cannot open the disk '/Users/username/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows 7.vmwarevm/Windows 7.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.
Reason: The specified virtual disk needs repair.
I went online and tried the two ways that the forms said to fix, went to the terminal and tried to fix the vmdk but kept getting drive needs to be mounted?, then i tried using an older version of vmwares support program and that didnt work.
So i eaither need to know how to fix the vmdk or get it to mont so i dont get that error, or if there is a way to trasfer my programs from that crashed windows to another windows i have installed, (Aso 7)
the path you used seems to be badly formatted - use quotes around filenames with spaces and don't mix slashes with backslashes
don't know - this forum software does not display paths nicely so you may have it right - just doublecheck again
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Hi
try to repair the vmdk with vmware-vdiskmanager
The version you have is buggy - so please read
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=102385...
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i tried that, tht was the other of the two ways. So i put it in and restarted my computer and tried to run the windows again and it did the same thing. do i need to run it or something? because after putting it in restarting the computer i just tried running the fusion again...there a middle step im missing or something?
Just retried it and then i tried running windows, same error, then i tried opening terminal and following that fix, got same thing there
"Last login: Mon Jul 12 16:27:17 on console
Alia-Healths-MacBook-Pro:~ aliahealth$ /Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Fusion/vmware-vdiskmanager –R /Users/aliahealth/Documents/Virtual\ Machines.localized/Windows\ 7.vmwarevm/Windows\ 7.vmdk
Diskname or some other argument is missing.
VMware Virtual Disk Manager - build 232708.
Usage: vmware-vdiskmanager OPTIONS <disk-name> | <mount-point>
Offline disk manipulation utility
Operations, only one may be specified at a time:
-c : create disk. Additional creation options must
be specified. Only local virtual disks can be
created.
-d : defragment the specified virtual disk. Only
local virtual disks may be defragmented.
-k : shrink the specified virtual disk. Only local
virtual disks may be shrunk.
-n <source-disk> : rename the specified virtual disk; need to
specify destination disk-name. Only local virtual
disks may be renamed.
-p : prepare the mounted virtual disk specified by
the volume path for shrinking.
-r <source-disk> : convert the specified disk; need to specify
destination disk-type. For local destination disks
the disk type must be specified.
-x <new-capacity> : expand the disk to the specified capacity. Only
local virtual disks may be expanded.
-R : check a sparse virtual disk for consistency and attempt
to repair any errors.
-D : make disk deletable. This should only be used on disks
that have been copied from another product.
Other Options:
-q : do not log messages
Additional options for create and convert:
-a <adapter> : (for use with -c only) adapter type
(ide, buslogic, lsilogic). Pass lsilogic for other adapter types.
-s <size> : capacity of the virtual disk
-t <disk-type> : disk type id
Options for remote disks:
-h <hostname> : hostname of remote server
-u <username> : username for remote server
-f <filename> : file containing password
-P <port> : optional TCP port number (default: 902)
-S : specifies that the source disk is remote, by default
the remote options are assumed to refer to the
destination.
Disk types:
0 : single growable virtual disk
1 : growable virtual disk split in 2GB files
2 : preallocated virtual disk
3 : preallocated virtual disk split in 2GB files
4 : preallocated ESX-type virtual disk
5 : compressed disk optimized for streaming
6 : thin provisioned virtual disk - ESX 3.x and above
The capacity can be specified in sectors, KB, MB or GB.
The acceptable ranges:
ide adapter : http://1MB, 950.0GB
scsi adapter: http://1MB, 950.0GB
ex 1: vmware-vdiskmanager -c -s 850MB -a ide -t 0 myIdeDisk.vmdk
ex 2: vmware-vdiskmanager -d myDisk.vmdk
ex 3: vmware-vdiskmanager -r sourceDisk.vmdk -t 0 destinationDisk.vmdk
ex 4: vmware-vdiskmanager -x 36GB myDisk.vmdk
ex 5: vmware-vdiskmanager -n sourceName.vmdk destinationName.vmdk
ex 6: vmware-vdiskmanager -r sourceDisk.vmdk -t 4 -h esx-name.mycompany.com \
-u username -f passwordfile "[storage1]/path/to/targetDisk.vmdk"
ex 7: vmware-vdiskmanager -k myDisk.vmdk
ex 8: vmware-vdiskmanager -p <mount-point>
(A virtual disk first needs to be mounted at <mount-point>)" (Colored that in to point it out)
that is exactlywhat my terminal says once i hit enter. Hope this information helps, remember i have the older version of the vmwear-vdiskmanager.
the path you used seems to be badly formatted - use quotes around filenames with spaces and don't mix slashes with backslashes
don't know - this forum software does not display paths nicely so you may have it right - just doublecheck again
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the first part of the path is copied right from the form that explains how to do that and the other part is from dragging the file from its location to the terminal so it is automatically put in, anyways i tried it again and still not working. Any thing specific you see about the path that looks wrong, the computers name is alia health. The path is at the top of the quoted terminal above.
As i was typing my response to you it hit me, maybe the part i copied and pasted from the form was wrong or not exactly right for my computer so i located my disk manager and dragged and dropped it to the terminal and then dragged and dropped my windows 7 file, tried that, and it didnt work however i got a slightly diffrent message so i tried to mess around with with the spaced between the file paths of the two files and it worked. THANKS SO MUCH! That would have sucked if i lost what was on there, now if you dont mind ans one more question of mine, how can i back up what i have now, so incase something like this happens again, so i can just revert back to the backup? can i do that even?
how can i back up what i have now, so incase something like this happens again, so i can just revert back to the backup? can i do that even?
The best way to insure a proper backup is to shutdown, not suspend, the target Virtual Machine and close Fusion and then manually copy the target Virtual Machine Package to a safe location.
and that will save all the programs and documents and stuff i have on the windows ?