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smjain
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Starting Workstation 9.0.1 restarts Windows 7 x64

Just upgraded to 9.0.1.  The first time I tried to start it, it caused Windows to reset, no bluescreen, just a reset back to the BIOS, etc.  After that it worked until the next system reboot.

Problem signature:

  Problem Event Name:                        BlueScreen

  OS Version:                                          6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1

  Locale ID:                                             1033

Additional information about the problem:

  BCCode:                                               4a

  BCP1:                                                    0000000077C5138A

  BCP2:                                                    0000000000000002

  BCP3:                                                    0000000000000000

  BCP4:                                                    FFFFF88013096B60

  OS Version:                                          6_1_7601

  Service Pack:                                       1_0

  Product:                                               256_1

Downloaded todays WU, restarted Windows, then started 9.0.1.  Same thing happened,  Rebooted from the crash and it works again.

Problem signature:

  Problem Event Name:                        BlueScreen

  OS Version:                                          6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1

  Locale ID:                                             1033

Additional information about the problem:

  BCCode:                                               4a

  BCP1:                                                    0000000077CF138A

  BCP2:                                                    0000000000000002

  BCP3:                                                    0000000000000000

  BCP4:                                                    FFFFF88003DBDB60

  OS Version:                                          6_1_7601

  Service Pack:                                       1_0

  Product:                                               256_1

Note, that I am just starting Workstation, not a VM.

Windows 7 x 64 SP1

32GB RAM, i7-3930k, no OC

AMD 6970

Any ideas before I go back to 9?  I had one BSOD like this with 9.0.0 previously.

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mfelker
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Have you checked the hard disks  for  problems?? If they are Seagate there are nice bootable media to have such tools.  Assume the same for WD but I never use their products (reason is OT). 

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smjain
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Thanks for the response.

Boot drive is an SSD and VMware is installed on a RAID 10 volume.  No errors show up for them.

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smjain
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Figured a clean reinstall instead of the in app upgrade might help.

Tried to copy a .vmx file into the library and got another instant restart

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:     BlueScreen
  OS Version:     6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
  Locale ID:     1033
Additional information about the problem:
  BCCode:     4a
  BCP1:     000000007791138A

9.0.1 is totally unstable.  I've had the app hang, VMs hang.

It repeatedly wipes out all the VMs listed in my library.

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smjain
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It seems a new BIOS update solved the rebooting issue, but VMs still disappear from my library.

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mfelker
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Do the VM's disapper  from the libray or never appear at  all?  In either case if you can locate the VM directory using Explorer and directly open the .vmx file (it will appear  with the VMware overlappinig windows  logo) see if you  can double click - it should open in VMware . Don't power on the machioine yet. Then you should be able to add it to the   favorites. in the library  I'm not  in a place at the moment to be absolutely certain of which tab to use - but I think it is the File tab.  Then plower on the  machinen if you  wish. Next time you   run VMware it will  be in the libary.

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smjain
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I can add them any way, drag and drop .vmx to library, double-click .vmx,  file-->open the .vmx.

On the next start most will disappear again.  It doesn't matter if I created them with wks9 or earlier

I've also made them all favorites, doesn't matter, next restart most of the VMs are gone and none are marked as favorites.

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mfelker
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The problem with the missing favorites seems like a VMware bug.  At least there is another thread concerning the exact problem

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smjain
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don't really care about favorites, I just don't want to have to add 20-30 VMs every time I start up.

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