Can't Access Virtual Machine
in [Virtual PC]
|
From: Bo Berglund on 12 Dec 2008 16:17 On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:49:21 -0800, "Steve Jain [MVP]" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote: >On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:34:44 -0600, jim evans ><jimsTAKEOUTnews2(a)houston.rr.com> wrote: > >>On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:10:38 -0500, Robert Comer >><bobcomer-removeme-(a)mindspring.com> wrote: >> >>>Not necessarily (and probably not at all) a VPC problem though... >>> >>>As on any critical data, I do lots of backups... >> >>Me too. I had two backups. But I don't keep them forever and >>apparently this quit working so long ago both had been written over. >> >>jim > >We can try one more thing, create a new VM using the New PC Wizard and >point it to the existing .VHD file and see if that makes any >difference. Advice already given but apparently not taken.... -- Bo Berglund (Sweden)
From: Steve Jain [MVP] on 12 Dec 2008 16:47 On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:20:59 -0600, jim evans <jimsTAKEOUTnews2(a)houston.rr.com> wrote: >On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:10:56 -0800, "Steve Jain [MVP]" ><noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote: > >Please don't think I'm unappreciative of your attempts to help me. >It's just that it was a tedious and demanding task to set this VM up >for the project, it's very frustrating to lose it and I almost can't >face doing it over. > >jim I don't think you are. It is frustrating when stuff breaks. Can I recap? XP host, XP guest, correct? And you've: 1. rebooted host 2. deleted .vmc 3. deleted .vsv 4. created a new .vmc and tried with existing vhd 5. tried to open .vhd with winimage None of these have made any difference? -- Cheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/
From: Steve Jain [MVP] on 12 Dec 2008 17:19 On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:06:41 -0600, jim evans <jimsTAKEOUTnews2(a)houston.rr.com> wrote: >On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:47:35 -0800, "Steve Jain [MVP]" ><noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote: > >>On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:20:59 -0600, jim evans >><jimsTAKEOUTnews2(a)houston.rr.com> wrote: >> >>>On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:10:56 -0800, "Steve Jain [MVP]" >>><noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote: >>> >> >>>Please don't think I'm unappreciative of your attempts to help me. >>>It's just that it was a tedious and demanding task to set this VM up >>>for the project, it's very frustrating to lose it and I almost can't >>>face doing it over. >>> >>>jim >> >>I don't think you are. >>It is frustrating when stuff breaks. >> >>Can I recap? >>XP host, XP guest, correct? >>And you've: >>1. rebooted host >>2. deleted .vmc >>3. deleted .vsv >>4. created a new .vmc and tried with existing vhd >>5. tried to open .vhd with winimage > >Yes to all except: > >I don't know how to create a new .vmc. Using the Console, I tried to >create a new VM and told it to use the existing .vhd. It replied that >'the existing .vhd is not a valid virtual disk.' Well, then this sounds more and more like a corrupted VHD. VHD are generally quite hard to corrupt. Have you run the Virtual Disk Wizard? We can try to compact it. In VPC, click File-->Virtual Disk Wizard and follow the prompts: select the problem VHD and try to compact it. > >>None of these have made any difference? > >Correct. > >What is a .v01 file? > >jim they are used when VPC runs on a FAT32 partition, since FAT32 has a limit of 4GB for files, once the VHD reaches 4GB, additional increases in it move to the .v01 file (until it reaches 4GB), then .v02, etc. -- Cheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/
From: Robert Comer on 13 Dec 2008 21:32
Cool, glad to hear!! -- Bob Comer On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:54:00 -0600, jim evans <jimsTAKEOUTnews2(a)houston.rr.com> wrote: >Report: > >I have a backup in a safety deposit box. It thought the last update >to this backup had been before I setup this VM, but just to be sure I >went by and picked it up today. > >The backup was there. It works and I'm back in business. Now that I >know what I do about this app, I've made a DVD copy of this VM and the >problem should not be able to happen again. > >jim |