Hi Erik
Try opening it with command+o and browsing to it. If it opens it will
put it back in the list. If VMWare believes it is already in use, you
may need to remove the lock file--if this is the case go into terminal
and cd into your virtual machine. Remove any filename with the
extension of .lck.
hth
On Apr 17, 2008, at 10:12 AM, erik burggraaf wrote:
Hi friends.
This morning my windows virtual machine crashed and when I restarted
the computer fusion wouldn't load the vm because it thought the
machine was already in use, and it wouldn't let me retake
ownership. Well I stupidly moved the whole vm to trash and now that
I brought it back, it's not in the list. Is there a way to restore
the vm? At this point I'd be grateful just to get my original error
back.
When I first did this I was practicly jumping up and down with rage
and discust with myself. Now I realise it's only a minor disaster.
When I set up my vm, I changed my my documents folder to the
documents folder of my mac os home folder. That means all my
backups, except for the application data, IE email, bookmarks, and
some registration keys, are absolutely gone. The biggest problem
from a practical stand-point is that I don't have my windows XP
disc, or any of the other cd's for the software I need to run under
windows to get a fresh system up and running.
Is there any way to get fusion to see my old vm again?
Thanks,
Erik
