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AmazingTrans
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‎08-09-2012 07:33 AM

VMware cannot defrag

Hi experts!

I have w7, and vmware player. I am trying to defrag one of my VM and i got this dialog Defragmentation failed: Insufficient permission to access file.

I have added in my user account to _vmware_ group, and restarted the computer. And I still have this same problem.

Any ideas?

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a_p_
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‎08-09-2012 07:41 AM

Try to start VMware Player by right clicking and "Run as Administrator" to see whether this works.

André

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AmazingTrans
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‎08-09-2012 07:42 AM

André,

I tried. It does not work.

Thanks.

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AmazingTrans
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‎08-09-2012 07:45 AM

I just found out somehting.

When i try to defrag a VM Hard Disk which is (SCSI), i was able to defrag it.

But on the other hand if it is Hard Disk (IDE), i cannot defrag it.


Anybody know how to solve this?

If i have to go to a VM SCSI, how do i do it?

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AmazingTrans
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‎08-09-2012 06:54 PM

I also have added my username under __vmware__ group, and i gave __vmware__ full control of the VMware directory. Any ideas?

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a_p_
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‎08-09-2012 11:36 PM

What's the guest OS you are running? It might be possible to convert the IDE disk to a SCSI disk if there are drivers available for the guest.

André

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AmazingTrans
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‎08-10-2012 05:31 AM

I am using w7 o/s.

in the vm it is running windows xp.

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AmazingTrans
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‎08-14-2012 08:29 AM

Anybody any reply on this topic? How can i defrag my Virtual Machine (IDE)HW?

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