Can't Access Virtual Machine
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From: David Wilkinson on 10 Dec 2008 17:04 jim evans wrote: > I'm a novice at Virtual Machine. About a month ago I spent several > days setting up a VM for a special project. Today I tried to access > this VM and got this error message > http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/4868/0087jh6.png > > I'm not sure what "already open" means, but I haven't accessed this VM > for a couple of weeks. > > How do I correct this so I don't lose all this work? Jim: How are you trying to "access" the machine? -- David Wilkinson Visual C++ MVP
From: Grand_Poobah on 11 Dec 2008 20:28 ---> > On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:26:16 -0600, jim evans > <jimsTAKEOUTnews2(a)houston.rr.com> wrote: > >> I'm a novice at Virtual Machine. About a month ago I spent several >> days setting up a VM for a special project. Today I tried to access >> this VM and got this error message >> http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/4868/0087jh6.png >> >> I'm not sure what "already open" means, but I haven't accessed this VM >> for a couple of weeks. >> >> How do I correct this so I don't lose all this work? > > I assume from the lack of response there's no fix for this problem? > > If so this will be my last involvement with virtual pc. I can't > afford to invest all this time in a flaky app that loses all the work > you invest in it. I don't see how anyone can. I've used multi-boot > systems for 15 years without a single loss of data and the first time > I really use virtual pc for a serious job it fails in such a way that > all data and preparation are lost. > > jim The only thing you can assume is that there is no one present that knows HOW to fix your problem, not that there IS no fix. You haven't answered David's question, nor have you given us anything to go on. What is your host operating system? What is your guest operating system? How did you originally set up your guest - differencing disks or some other method? I've been using VPC for almost 6 years now and haven't had any problems. This doesn't fix your problem, but we might be able to help you if you give us a hand. GP
From: Grand_Poobah on 11 Dec 2008 20:30 Correction: I see where you did answer him. My newsreader missed it the first time. My apologies. GP
From: Mark Rae [MVP] on 11 Dec 2008 21:28 "jim evans" <jimsTAKEOUTnews2(a)houston.rr.com> wrote in message news:bvg3k4hq0n74d6p2v8iochdkinpofagc2t(a)4ax.com... >>How did you originally set up your guest - >>differencing disks or some other method? > > I don't know what that means. I installed the program, created a > virtual machine and installed XP on it. Is the virtual machine actually running at the moment or not...? If not, select it in the VPC console, click the Settings button and make sure that it can still "see" its virtual disk(s)... Might they have been moved and/or deleted...? -- Mark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net
From: Steve Jain [MVP] on 12 Dec 2008 01:06
On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:09:10 -0600, jim evans <jimsTAKEOUTnews2(a)houston.rr.com> wrote: >On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:26:16 -0600, jim evans ><jimsTAKEOUTnews2(a)houston.rr.com> wrote: > >>I'm a novice at Virtual Machine. About a month ago I spent several >>days setting up a VM for a special project. Today I tried to access >>this VM and got this error message >>http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/4868/0087jh6.png >> >>I'm not sure what "already open" means, but I haven't accessed this VM >>for a couple of weeks. >> >>How do I correct this so I don't lose all this work? > >I assume from the lack of response there's no fix for this problem? > >If so this will be my last involvement with virtual pc. I can't >afford to invest all this time in a flaky app that loses all the work >you invest in it. I don't see how anyone can. I've used multi-boot >systems for 15 years without a single loss of data and the first time >I really use virtual pc for a serious job it fails in such a way that >all data and preparation are lost. > >jim First, this is a peer to peer group, if this is so important you might want to consider contacting Microsoft product support, it's paid support, but then if it's work it may be worth it. Second, are you sure that the VM is not running on a different user account? It seems quite odd that the date stamps for the .vmc and .vsv files are for the same date/time you posted. What happens if you do a DIR of the folder now? Are the dates updated to the current time again? What happens when you click Ok on the error message? Have you tried rebooting the PC and then launching the the VM? Finally, VPC isn't a flaky app, you've encountered a problem, granted, the root cause is yet to be determined. I don't think you'll find any software with a perfect 100% track record. I doubt there's such a Windows app, there are too many combinations of hardware, software and various configurations to guarantee anything 100% of the time. -- Cheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ |