Boot camp partition cannot open the disc

Asked By jhonny jack 30 points N/A Posted on - 10/27/2012

Hi guys

I have recently reinstalled windows xp pro on my system.

After its successful installation, I uninstalled and reinstalled fusion (version 1.1, build 62573) as it was giving me the following error before.

The screenshot is attached below:

Boot camp partition

Cannot open the disk ‘/users/beige/library/application support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/boot camp/%2Fdev%2Fdisk0/boot camp partition.vmwarevm/boot camp partition.vmdk’ or one of the snapshot disks it depends on

I thought after a fresh reinstall it would work fine but still the same error persisted. I tried again by removing the boot camp partition file but still my problem was not solved.

Any help in this regard will be highly appreciated.

Kindest regards.

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Answered By Howell Jessica 0 points N/A #148971

Boot camp partition cannot open the disc

Hi Jhonny,

There is a way to resolve this error connected with the issue of the boot camp partition.

Here are the steps to follow:

The file virtual disk which the virtual machine is pertaining must be identified:

First, back up the (VMX file) for future editing. Then follow these steps in the link: 

Locate a line which starts with: scsi0:0.fileName = (or this) ide0:0.fileName =

In the line, after the equal sign, A file name is quoted. The file name which is quoted must not be a slice but either virtual disk or a snapshot disk.(For more information, these are the list of the file extensions and their descriptions: https://kb.vmware.com/s/

If the slice is pointed, make these necessary changes. For example,

Windows 2000 Home -000001-s007.vmdk" to "Windows 2000 Home -000001.vmdk

Or

"Windows Vista-s021.vmdk" to "Windows Vista.vmdk"

• Then, before exiting, save the file in the setting file and exit.
• After that, restart fusion.
• Then run your virtual machine.

If the Problem is not resolved, follow the instructions.

Hope it’ll help.

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