a serious error occurred when accessing this virtual machine input/output error

[mydanes]

Please help URGENT

[dariusd]

Your host system is having a hardware problem.  You'll need to have the failing hard disk ("Macintosh HD2", the lower hard disk in your Macmini) replaced.

Dec 16 14:46:46 prescott kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.

Dec 16 14:47:20: --- last message repeated 1 time ---

Dec 16 14:47:20 prescott kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.

Dec 16 14:47:50: --- last message repeated 1 time ---

/dev/disk1

   Device Identifier:        disk1

   Device Node:              /dev/disk1

   Part Of Whole:            disk1

   Device / Media Name:      Hitachi HTS725050A9A362 Media

   Internal:                 Yes

   Device Location:          "Lower"

I recommend that you take a full backup of all the important stuff from that disk as soon as possible, then look into replacing the disk.

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Darius

[mydanes]

Thank you Darius - Sadly I see you are right - HOWEVER the big question is how can I salvage this VM I tried to copy to another drive without success - is there anything I can do? 

Praying 

[mydanes]

If I can't recover the VM can I gain access to the Hard drives of the VM to salvage a file or two?

[mydanes]

I ran the disk utility it finds NO errors on the drive only issue comes when trying to do something to that file I can View package contents but I can't start the VM  - PLease I am begging anyone for some guidance