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how to restore deleted virtual machine

Hello, I accidently deleted a virtual machine thinking it was another one. I immediately realized the mistake I made and was able to pull the virtual machine from the mac side "trash" and back onto my desk top I then put it back into the virtual machine folder and tried to start vmware fusion again, but have been getting this error:

File not found: Windows XP Professional-000003-s001.vmdk

I browse for and am able to find the file within the virtual machine folder but still get the same error

here are all the files within the folder I am just not certain I put them back in the right place and am not certain that they didn't become corrupt during the accidental delete

Applications

quicklook-cache.png

vmware-0.log

vmware-1.log

vmware-2.log

vmware.log

Windows XP Professional-000002-s001.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000002-s002.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000002-s003.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000002-s004.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000002-s005.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000002-s006.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000002-s007.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000002-s008.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000002-s009.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000002-s010.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000002-s011.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000002-s012.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000002-s013.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000002-s014.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000002-s015.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000002-s016.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000002-s017.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000002-s018.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000002-s019.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000002-s020.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000002-s021.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000002.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000002.vmdk.lck

Windows XP Professional-000003-s001.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000003-s002.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000003-s003.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000003-s004.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000003-s005.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000003-s006.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000003-s007.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000003-s008.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000003-s009.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000003-s010.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000003-s011.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000003-s012.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000003-s013.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000003-s014.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000003-s015.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000003-s016.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000003-s017.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000003-s018.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000003-s019.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000003-s020.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000003-s021.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000003.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000003.vmdk.lck

Windows XP Professional-000004-s001.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000004-s002.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000004-s003.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000004-s004.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000004-s005.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000004-s006.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000004-s007.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000004-s008.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000004-s009.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000004-s010.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000004-s011.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000004-s012.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000004-s013.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000004-s014.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000004-s015.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000004-s016.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000004-s017.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000004-s018.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000004-s019.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000004-s020.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000004-s021.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000004.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000004.vmdk.lck

Windows XP Professional-000005-s001.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000005-s002.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000005-s003.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000005-s004.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000005-s005.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000005-s006.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000005-s007.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000005-s008.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000005-s009.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000005-s010.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000005-s011.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000005-s012.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000005-s013.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000005-s014.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000005-s015.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000005-s016.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000005-s017.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000005-s018.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000005-s019.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000005-s020.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000005-s021.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000005.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-000005.vmdk.lck

Windows XP Professional-s001.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-s002.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-s003.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-s004.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-s005.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-s006.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-s007.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-s008.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-s009.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-s010.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-s011.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-s012.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-s013.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-s014.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-s015.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-s016.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-s017.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-s018.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-s019.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-s020.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-s021.vmdk

Windows XP Professional-Snapshot1.vmem

Windows XP Professional-Snapshot1.vmsn

Windows XP Professional-Snapshot2.vmem

Windows XP Professional-Snapshot2.vmsn

Windows XP Professional-Snapshot3.vmem

Windows XP Professional-Snapshot3.vmsn

Windows XP Professional-Snapshot4.vmem

Windows XP Professional-Snapshot4.vmsn

Windows XP Professional-Snapshot5.vmem

Windows XP Professional-Snapshot5.vmsn

Windows XP Professional.nvram

Windows XP Professional.vmdk

Windows XP Professional.vmem

Windows XP Professional.vmem.lck

Windows XP Professional.vmsd

Windows XP Professional.vmx

Windows XP Professional.vmxf

Can you please help me get my virtual machine back to its original state?

Also i have attached the latest log files

Thanks.

-Ian

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ColoradoMarmot
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You might be able to delete snapshots and recover, but it looks like that file is gone. If that's the case, and removing SS's doesn't work, you probably need to restore from your backup.

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