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HELP! Can't start VM - "Parent Virtual disk has been modified" error

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When I attempt to start the virtual machine, I get the following error:

 

"Cannot open the disk 'c:\virtual machines\actuate 8 - windows 2000 server\Actuate 8 - Windows 2000 Server-000004.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.

Reason: The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created."[/i]

 

I ran this code in 2 batch files (i got this from this forum) to shrink the vmdk files...

 

cleanup.bat:

del /S /Q *.log

defrag g: -f -v

for /R %%i IN (*.vmdk) do call shrink_disk "%%i"

echo Klaar

pause[/i]

 

and shrink_disk.bat:

vmware-mount m: /d

vmware-vdiskmanager -d %1

vmware-mount m: %1

vmware-vdiskmanager -p M:

vmware-mount m: /d

vmware-vdiskmanager -k %1[/i]

 

I have 4 .vmdk files : Actuate 8 - Windows 2000 Server.vmdk, Actuate 8 - Windows 2000 Server-000002.vmdk, Actuate 8 - Windows 2000 Server-000003.vmdk, and Actuate 8 - Windows 2000 Server-000004.vmdk

 

my vmx file is as follows:

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "4"

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

memsize = "1024"

MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"

scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.fileName = "Actuate 8 - Windows 2000 Server-000004.vmdk"

ide1:0.present = "TRUE"

ide1:0.fileName = "D:"

ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"

floppy0.present = "FALSE"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

usb.present = "TRUE"

sound.present = "TRUE"

sound.virtualDev = "es1371"

sound.fileName = "-1"

sound.autodetect = "TRUE"

displayName = "Actuate 8 - Windows 2000 Server"

guestOS = "win2000serv"

nvram = "Windows 2000 Server.nvram"

 

scsi0:0.redo = ""

ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

uuid.location = "56 4d 9e 63 3f 2d 6f 5f-76 8a 79 89 12 45 87 65"

uuid.bios = "56 4d 9e 63 3f 2d 6f 5f-76 8a 79 89 12 45 87 65"

ide1:0.autodetect = "FALSE"

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:45:87:65"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

tools.syncTime = "FALSE"

checkpoint.vmState = ""

 

checkpoint.vmState.readOnly = "FALSE"

 

priority.grabbed = "normal"

priority.ungrabbed = "normal"

 

gui.exitOnCLIHLT = "FALSE"[/i]

 

Please let me know if there are any other log files that I need to post to better diagnose this.  Thanks.

-Peter


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