WinXP Home hangs on "Resume"

[geekster]

I am runniing Fusion 1.1.1 on a MacBook Pro, OS 10.5.2. I created my VM in Fusion, (no boot camp) and it ran fine after install. Then I quit (I did not shut down Windows, I just told Fusion to quit -- I got a message saying something to the effect that the state of my machine would be remembered for me and restored upon relaunch. I said Okay). When I tried to run my VM a couple days later, I select Windows XP Home, and click resume. I get a window that says "Restoring Virtual Machine State" over a grayed out Windows desktop. The progress bar quickly fills to about 25% of the way across, then... nothing. It just hangs there, trying to resume, about 25% of the way across. I have left it working for a half hour or so and still, no more progress. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

[MPM01 · Accepted solution]

Try by deleting the .vmss file, from the following location if any

1) Quit the all the applications

2) Go to /Users/<User Name>/Documents/Virtual Machines

3) Right click on your Virtual Machine icon, select the Show Package Contents.

4) Delete ".vmss" file

5) Restart the system and run the VM.

[geekster]

Awesome... That worked perfectly! Now, only one other question... Do you know why it did that (did I do something wrong?) and, should I expect it to become a recurring problem?

Thanks for the excellent answer, and thanks in advance for any further reply!

[aaeto]

I am experiencing same kind of problem but cannot find the .vmss file in the Windows XP Professional.vmwarevm package. What can I do then?

[WoodyZ]

I am experiencing same kind of problem but cannot find the .vmss file in the Windows XP Professional.vmwarevm package. What can I do then?

VMware Fusion (menu bar) > Help > VMware Fusion Help > Using the VMware Fusion Interface > Working with Virtual Machine Packages

VMware Fusion (menu bar) > Help > VMware Fusion Help > Navigating VMware Fusion > Using the Virtual Machine Library Window > Determine the location of a virtual machine's files

VMware Fusion (menu bar) > Help > VMware Fusion Help > Navigating VMware Fusion > Using the Virtual Machine Library Window

Look at: Determine the location of a virtual machine's files

VMware Fusion (menu bar) > Help > VMware Fusion Help > Running VMware Fusion and Virtual Machines > Switching Power Commands from the Default Options

VMware Fusion (menu bar) > Help > VMware Fusion Help > Running VMware Fusion and Virtual Machines > Shutting Down a Virtual Machine's Operating System

Note: This is like pulling the plug from the wall on a Physical Computer. Anything not saved will be lost and there is always the possibility of corrupting the Filesystem when preforming a Hard Shutdown! (Although you may have no other choice but to do this.)

VMware Fusion menu bar > Virtual Machine > press the option key and select Power Off

Pressing the alt/option key changes "Shutdown Guest" to "Power Off".

Note: It also changes the "Suspend Guest" and "Restart Guest" commands too.

Or if that doesn't work then...

On the Virtual Machine Library ctrl-click the target Virtual Machine and select Show in Finder and the ctrl-click the target Virtual Machine Package and then after closing Fusion delete the .vmss file. Note: Anything that was not saved from the suspended state will be lost by deleting the .vmss file. Note: However you may have not other choice is the Virtual Machine will not suspend/unsuspend/shutdown/start properly.