https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/File-required-to-power-on-this-virtual-machine-If-this-file-was/m-p/2954922#M40190 <P>File not found: C:\Users\Montrel\Documents\Virtual Machines\SERV19\SERV19.vmdk</P><P>This file is required to power on this virtual machine. If this file was moved, specify the new location.</P><P>-------</P><P><SPAN>I got this error on VMware Workstation 16 16.1.1 build-17801498, but the file is present and in the right path, if I browse it and select it, it says the same thing.&nbsp;</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>This is what I have in the folder. I realised I don't have SERV19-s012, so I deactivated the antivirus and just how I saw in other post, copied one of the other files with the same name and changed with the 12, but that did't work.</SPAN></P><P>What can I do to open the virtual machine? Thank you.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Diegoweb_0-1676546820286.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/100021i2702A48A072471C4/image-size/medium/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Diegoweb_0-1676546820286.png" alt="Diegoweb_0-1676546820286.png" /></span></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Diegoweb_2-1676546950164.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/100023i75F8B4A6CFF666B3/image-size/medium/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Diegoweb_2-1676546950164.png" alt="Diegoweb_2-1676546950164.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Diegoweb_1-1676546924965.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/100022iC56EBF13DB946E64/image-size/medium/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Diegoweb_1-1676546924965.png" alt="Diegoweb_1-1676546924965.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 16 Feb 2023 11:32:56 GMT Diegoweb 2023-02-16T11:32:56Z https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/File-required-to-power-on-this-virtual-machine-If-this-file-was/m-p/2954922#M40190 <P>File not found: C:\Users\Montrel\Documents\Virtual Machines\SERV19\SERV19.vmdk</P><P>This file is required to power on this virtual machine. If this file was moved, specify the new location.</P><P>-------</P><P><SPAN>I got this error on VMware Workstation 16 16.1.1 build-17801498, but the file is present and in the right path, if I browse it and select it, it says the same thing.&nbsp;</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>This is what I have in the folder. I realised I don't have SERV19-s012, so I deactivated the antivirus and just how I saw in other post, copied one of the other files with the same name and changed with the 12, but that did't work.</SPAN></P><P>What can I do to open the virtual machine? Thank you.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Diegoweb_0-1676546820286.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/100021i2702A48A072471C4/image-size/medium/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Diegoweb_0-1676546820286.png" alt="Diegoweb_0-1676546820286.png" /></span></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Diegoweb_2-1676546950164.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/100023i75F8B4A6CFF666B3/image-size/medium/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Diegoweb_2-1676546950164.png" alt="Diegoweb_2-1676546950164.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Diegoweb_1-1676546924965.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/100022iC56EBF13DB946E64/image-size/medium/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Diegoweb_1-1676546924965.png" alt="Diegoweb_1-1676546924965.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 16 Feb 2023 11:32:56 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/File-required-to-power-on-this-virtual-machine-If-this-file-was/m-p/2954922#M40190 Diegoweb 2023-02-16T11:32:56Z https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/File-required-to-power-on-this-virtual-machine-If-this-file-was/m-p/2955044#M40193 <P>To me it looks like that the VM's virtual disk has been resized at some point in time. So if you want to replace the missing file with another one, you may likely need to use a copy of <EM>s001 .. s015</EM>.</P> <P>However, rather than using a copy of one of the huge <EM>.vmdk</EM> files with user data, I'd suggest that you use a" "empty" one, that only contains the required metadata. According to the file sizes shown in your screen shot, you may try to create such a file yourself by creating a temporary VM with a 60GB virtual disk, and replace the missing file with a copy of the temp. VM's <EM>s012</EM> file.<BR />Please verify that the block size for the new file matches that of the missing file. You can find the block sizes in the small descriptor <EM>.vmdk</EM> files, i.e. the ones without <EM>s00x</EM> in their file names.</P> <P>If that doesn't work, please attach the <EM>SERV19.vmdk</EM> descriptor file to your next reply, and I will create the missing file for you.</P> <P>André</P> Thu, 16 Feb 2023 20:57:11 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/File-required-to-power-on-this-virtual-machine-If-this-file-was/m-p/2955044#M40193 a_p_ 2023-02-16T20:57:11Z