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Cant boot after removing usb windows isntalator

hello, installed windows 7 x64 with USB with (Use a Physical Disk option)  after that i want make snapshot but button is unclickable Gray color after this i remove that USB from wmvare settings and now i can make snapshot but after restarting or shutdown i cant boot in wvmare windows

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Windows 7 x64.vmsd  

.encoding = "windows-1252"
snapshot.lastUID = "1"
snapshot.current = "1"
snapshot0.uid = "1"
snapshot0.filename = "Windows 7 x64-Snapshot1.vmsn"
snapshot0.displayName = "Snapshot 1"
snapshot0.description = "Clean"
snapshot0.type = "1"
snapshot0.createTimeHigh = "375447"
snapshot0.createTimeLow = "-2105416608"
snapshot0.numDisks = "1"
snapshot0.disk0.fileName = "Windows 7 x64.vmdk"
snapshot0.disk0.node = "scsi0:0"
snapshot.numSnapshots = "1"
snapshot.mru0.uid = "1"

 i dont have hex editor i can upload here if you want?

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You can use strings.exe to read the vmsn-file if you have no hexeditor.

https://download.sysinternals.com/files/Strings.zip

 

 


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@continuum 

download but i cant use any other tool?

 

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T15K6
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hey, if you want i can upload

@continuum

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@continuum 

hey, here is vmsn

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Sorry - results are inconclusive.

I would suggest to discard the snapshot.

 

Ulli


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@continuum 

hah 😄 you think im playing with one snapshot and not try delete it? and do it 10 different variants but not work

or maybe  you  troll lvl 80 ?

 i report bug and need attention or some support if i cant get here just say

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@continuum 

with windows 7 x32 this work when you just remove second HDD which are USB flash drive where is windows 7 x32 installation.

after that you can use it normaly you can restart or make snapshots its not lost windows boot

i verify windows installations hashes its offical editions

Windows7 x64 ISO

MD5: 3c394e66c208cfd641b976de10fe90b5

SHA1: 708e0338d4e2f094dfeb860347c84a6ed9e91d0c

SHA256: ca475cfd190f28c40984af5e608c83b2a1bd0aef691f9820d68a684aa01bdd2b

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Usually I would suggest to have a look at it with a Teamviewer-session but you accused me of trolling twice.
Have you tried to inspect the Windows using a LiveCD ?


 


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@continuum 

no i dont use LiveCD i ready to teamviewer if you have time PM me

P.S in UEFI mode everyting fine but in bios this problem 😞

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@continuum 

i can`t boot my WinPE  in UEFI when i want make image (install.wim) i need do this in bios mode any ideas ho to do ?

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up

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