VMware workstation 6.5.3 on Windows XP throws a "File not found: " error

[Osho]

I received a VMware image of a windows 2003 server running on a Windows Vista host.

This VM does not run on my VMware workstation 6.5.3 on Windows XP.

It throws an error

"File not found: Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-cl1-000002-s001.vmdk

This file is required to power on this virtual machine. If this file was moved, please provide its new location."

I have attached my vmx file

Any advice or suggestions, please?

Thank you,

[dmitrygr]

That file is part of the snapshot of a disk. It's not there, so the disk is incomplete and cannot be used. Did you delete/move it accidentally?

[Osho]

The file is there... It was not moved or deleted

I copied the file name from the message and performed a "dir" command to verify

VMware does not appear to like the file, even though it is there.

One thing I did notice was that in the VMX file, this disk was marked as scsi0:0, and using LSILogic

In all the other VMs that I have, I only have ide type disks

[continuum]

post "Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-cl1-000002.vmdk" and a filelisting that includes data and size

also attach latest vmware.log

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[Osho]

Posted - vmx file, log file, and dir listing:

Volume in drive C is Preload

Volume Serial Number is E01F-EF77

Directory of C:\Virtual Machines\IM 8.1SP2

10/29/2009 09:54 AM <DIR> .

10/29/2009 09:54 AM <DIR> ..

07/14/2008 03:03 PM 901,775,360 564dd4a9-8bb2-7725-b0ca-b89c5ad8766e.vmem

10/27/2009 11:18 PM <DIR> ACE Resources

10/27/2009 11:18 PM 431 ace.dat

10/27/2009 11:18 PM 769 aceMaster.dat

10/27/2009 11:18 PM 1,416 host.vmpl

10/26/2009 12:15 AM 178,778 vmware-0.log

10/14/2009 01:14 PM 165,887 vmware-1.log

10/14/2009 12:36 PM 50,114 vmware-2.log

10/26/2009 01:50 PM 107,357 vmware.log

10/26/2009 01:50 PM 1,675,952,128 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-cl1-000002-s001.vmdk

10/26/2009 01:50 PM 377,290,752 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-cl1-000002-s003.vmdk

10/26/2009 01:50 PM 2,132,541,440 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-cl1-000002-s004.vmdk

10/26/2009 01:50 PM 1,828,782,080 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-cl1-000002-s005.vmdk

10/26/2009 01:50 PM 327,680 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-cl1-000002-s006.vmdk

10/26/2009 01:50 PM 65,536 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-cl1-000002-s007.vmdk

10/26/2009 01:39 PM 785 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-cl1-000002.vmdk

10/19/2009 11:11 AM 1,605,435,392 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-cl1-s001.vmdk

10/19/2009 11:11 AM 826,474,496 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-cl1-s002.vmdk

10/19/2009 11:11 AM 1,601,044,480 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-cl1-s003.vmdk

10/19/2009 11:11 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-cl1-s004.vmdk

10/19/2009 11:11 AM 327,680 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-cl1-s005.vmdk

10/19/2009 11:11 AM 393,216 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-cl1-s006.vmdk

10/19/2009 11:11 AM 65,536 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-cl1-s007.vmdk

04/26/2008 08:25 PM 813 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-cl1.vmdk

10/27/2009 11:18 PM 9,153 winnetstandard-vm.vmpl

10/27/2009 09:41 PM 0 winnetstandard-vm.vmsd

10/27/2009 11:18 PM 1,384 winnetstandard-vm.vmx

10/29/2009 09:54 AM <DIR> winnetstandard-vm.vmx.lck

10/27/2009 09:41 PM 272 winnetstandard-vm.vmxf

10/26/2009 01:50 PM 8,684 winnetstandard.nvram

10/19/2009 11:11 AM 527 winnetstandard.vmsd

10/27/2009 08:31 PM 1,237 winnetstandard.vmx

06/18/2008 12:34 PM 269 winnetstandard.vmxf

31 File(s) 10,951,331,332 bytes

4 Dir(s) 56,816,713,728 bytes free

Message was edited by: Osho

[Osho]

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[continuum]

vmware.log is from a start when the VM was fine ????

from your filelisting

Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-cl1-000002-s002.vmdk

but this does not match the error you posted.

Please check this again

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[Osho]

Yes, vmware.log is from when the VM was working fine

The error I get in the UI is: "

File not found: Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-cl1-000002-s001.vmdk

This file is required to power on this virtual machine. If this file was moved, please provide its new location.

"

(attached vmerr.jpg)

The file you requested was: "Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-cl1-000002.vmdk"

That's what I attached

Did you want another file, continuum? Kindly, let me know

[Osho]

Hi,

Does anyone have any suggestions / advice / update on this?

Thank you,

[continuum]

the error-message makes no sense - a different file is missing - why do you send vmware.log from good start - I need the actual one where you get the eror

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[Osho]

That's the thing continuum. The vmware.log file does not get updated or a new one does not get generated.

It appears that it is missing a different file than what the error message is mentioning.

It appears to me that we are missing: "Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-cl1-000002-s002.vmdk"

However the message states another file -

At least you got me thinking about the missing file. I'll try to fetch that file and retry and let you know

Thanks for your suggestions, continuum