Unable to open *.vmdk The system cannot find the file specified

[vtkrish]

Hi,

My VM refuses to start and pops up an error that vmware is Unable to open *.vmdk as the system cannot find the file specified. However i see the file it complains about on my disk. Also the contents of this file appear to be fine.

I am unable to revert to a previous snapshot either. The error message says:

"Error restoring snapshot:

The system cannot find the file specified."

I have attached the logs and the file list. Please help!

[scott28tt · Accepted solution]

Looks like file ending 000001-s0009.vmdk is missing, has it been quarantined by an AV program?

[vtkrish]

Thank you, that was it! Restored the file and the VM was able to start up. However the system complained of a disk corruption which it was not able to repair automatically. I restored to a previous snapshot and have a functioning VM now.