I've created a VM based on a physical Windows XP SP3 installation,
using a locally installed VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.0.0 build-470252,
to an external USB 2.0 2TB hard disk.
Now I'm trying to open this VM
in VMware Workstation 7.1.4 build-385536
on a Windows 7 Enterprise, 64-bit (Build 7600) 6.1.7600 host
and I get:
Could not open virtual machine: ...
A file access error occurred on the host or guest operating system.
The VM's directory looks like this:
Volume in drive V is Example VMs
Volume Serial Number is EC0B-3745
Directory of V:\Example VMs\SI Build Machine 1 - UT-SLC-CMoss\ut-slc-cmoss.example.com
11-11-22 17:23 <DIR> .
11-11-22 17:23 <DIR> ..
11-11-22 04:41 470'874'259'456 ut-slc-cmoss.example.com.vmdk
11-11-22 12:53 0 ut-slc-cmoss.example.com.vmsd
11-11-21 18:18 1'290 ut-slc-cmoss.example.com.vmx
3 File(s) 470'874'260'746 bytes
2 Dir(s) 1'529'366'757'376 bytes free
The content of the vmx file is
.encoding = "windows-1252"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "7"
memsize = "3184"
MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"
displayName = "ut-slc-cmoss.example.com"
guestOS = "winXPPro"
numvcpus = "2"
parallel0.present = "TRUE"
parallel0.fileType = "device"
parallel0.fileName = "auto-detect"
parallel0.autodetect = "TRUE"
serial0.present = "TRUE"
serial0.fileType = "device"
serial0.fileName = "auto-detect"
serial0.autodetect = "TRUE"
sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.filename = "-1"
sound.autodetect = "TRUE"
usb.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
ethernet0.connectionType = "hostonly"
ethernet0.startConnected = "FALSE"
ide0:0.present = "TRUE"
ide0:0.fileName = "ut-slc-cmoss.example.com.vmdk"
ide0:1.present = "TRUE"
ide0:1.autodetect = "TRUE"
ide0:1.filename = "auto detect"
ide0:1.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
mks.enable3d = "TRUE"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"
ehci.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal"
pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
The disk is newly formatted (full NTFS format). I haven't had any problems accessing the disk.
Running chkdsk has shown no errors. The sector-level disk scan is in progress, and it will continue to run for a few hours into the night...
How can I trouble-shoot this?
