vmware workstation windows 7 64 bit download

This is a disk drive I carved out to hold media and it is shared (i.e. That's the Windows 7 partition I need to P2VĨ5.16 GB Media D drive. I don't really care to preserve this.ĥ8.60 GB C Drive. To explain the image, the layout is as follows:ġ98 MB is a recovery partition that HP puts on there for your to recover from catestrophic failures. If I attempt to add my vmdk disk to this it again fails with the grub rescue menu.Īgain, I need to verify this but I'm pretty sure that if my converted vmdk file was added to the VM then all I got was the grub rescue menu. If I just leave the unknown 40 gig disk and boot but have my Windows 7 Rescue CD in the CDROM drive (which I had in for the previous two attempts) then the rescue CD boots and I'm in rescue mode - but it doesn't see any Windows 7 installations to rescue! I think (will verify when I get home) if I leave the unknown 40 gig disk but add the vmdk from my Windows 7 and boot I also get the grub rescue menu. If I replace this unknown 40 gig disk with the vmdk from my Windows 7 and boot that I get the grub rescue menu - not a bluescreen 7B. After I make the vhd or vmdk with Starwind I copy the files over to my desktop Ubuntu Linux machine. I'm not using the Linux on the laptop of the dual boot machine - I'm just using the Windows 7 portion. Yes it's a Windows 7/Linux dual boot but that's irrelevant.

I can keep the existing format - I've tried both - they both work or rather fail the same way. When I do so I get prompted to convert the virtual disk to the newest version. To add my vmdk file I select Add: Hard Disk: Use an existing virtual disk and select the disk I converted via Starwind Converter 2.0. All I really can do is Finish.Īfter finishing I see my new VM in the inventory and I can edit the VM settings, add my vhd and/or remove the disk it created. Now I'm presented with a summary at this poing I can customize the hardware at this point to but I cannot add my virtual disk nor can I replace the current disk it made me create. Hmmm I accept the defaults and move onward. What disk? I want it to use my newly created vmdk file (or maybe the vhd?). At this point it is asking for how large do I want ths disk t be. I then select Microsoft Windows Version Windows 7 圆4 and then next. The options are Install OS from Installer disk (which only seem to allow physical devices), Installer disc image file (which only allows ISO images) or I will install teh OS later. I start up vmplayer and attempt to Create a New Virtual Machine. vhd image with both Starwind Converter 2.0 and Startwind V2V Converter but the process seems the same.

To continue onward with what I tried - I've converted the.

Vmware workstation windows 7 64 bit download