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Boila
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Error Message when Copying Virtual Machine

I have been using a Virtual Machine for some time now that is stored on a external hard drive.I now want to copy that Virtual Machine to my Laptop and othe rmachines but when i copy i get an error: Invalid MS-DOS Function.

How can i copy this Virtual machine without having this error?

How do i fix this issue?

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Texiwill
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Hello,

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Boila
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Hi

I have tried using VMWare converter but it goes up to 74% and then bombs out.I have tried this many times.The Virtual Machine i have a 11GB and some say this could be the problem but i still need to copy this VM.

Is there any other suggestions that might help me?

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