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  • 1.  how to restore deleted virtual machine

    Posted Mar 02, 2010 12:41 AM
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    Hello, I accidently deleted a virtual machine thinking it was another one. I immediately realized the mistake I made and was able to pull the virtual machine from the mac side "trash" and back onto my desk top I then put it back into the virtual machine folder and tried to start vmware fusion again, but have been getting this error:

    File not found: Windows XP Professional-000003-s001.vmdk

    I browse for and am able to find the file within the virtual machine folder but still get the same error

    here are all the files within the folder I am just not certain I put them back in the right place and am not certain that they didn't become corrupt during the accidental delete

    Applications

    quicklook-cache.png

    vmware-0.log

    vmware-1.log

    vmware-2.log

    vmware.log

    Windows XP Professional-000002-s001.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000002-s002.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000002-s003.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000002-s004.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000002-s005.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000002-s006.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000002-s007.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000002-s008.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000002-s009.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000002-s010.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000002-s011.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000002-s012.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000002-s013.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000002-s014.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000002-s015.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000002-s016.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000002-s017.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000002-s018.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000002-s019.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000002-s020.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000002-s021.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000002.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000002.vmdk.lck

    Windows XP Professional-000003-s001.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000003-s002.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000003-s003.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000003-s004.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000003-s005.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000003-s006.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000003-s007.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000003-s008.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000003-s009.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000003-s010.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000003-s011.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000003-s012.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000003-s013.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000003-s014.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000003-s015.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000003-s016.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000003-s017.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000003-s018.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000003-s019.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000003-s020.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000003-s021.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000003.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000003.vmdk.lck

    Windows XP Professional-000004-s001.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000004-s002.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000004-s003.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000004-s004.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000004-s005.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000004-s006.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000004-s007.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000004-s008.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000004-s009.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000004-s010.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000004-s011.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000004-s012.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000004-s013.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000004-s014.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000004-s015.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000004-s016.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000004-s017.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000004-s018.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000004-s019.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000004-s020.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000004-s021.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000004.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000004.vmdk.lck

    Windows XP Professional-000005-s001.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000005-s002.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000005-s003.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000005-s004.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000005-s005.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000005-s006.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000005-s007.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000005-s008.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000005-s009.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000005-s010.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000005-s011.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000005-s012.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000005-s013.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000005-s014.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000005-s015.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000005-s016.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000005-s017.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000005-s018.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000005-s019.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000005-s020.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000005-s021.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000005.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-000005.vmdk.lck

    Windows XP Professional-s001.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-s002.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-s003.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-s004.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-s005.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-s006.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-s007.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-s008.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-s009.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-s010.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-s011.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-s012.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-s013.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-s014.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-s015.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-s016.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-s017.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-s018.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-s019.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-s020.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-s021.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional-Snapshot1.vmem

    Windows XP Professional-Snapshot1.vmsn

    Windows XP Professional-Snapshot2.vmem

    Windows XP Professional-Snapshot2.vmsn

    Windows XP Professional-Snapshot3.vmem

    Windows XP Professional-Snapshot3.vmsn

    Windows XP Professional-Snapshot4.vmem

    Windows XP Professional-Snapshot4.vmsn

    Windows XP Professional-Snapshot5.vmem

    Windows XP Professional-Snapshot5.vmsn

    Windows XP Professional.nvram

    Windows XP Professional.vmdk

    Windows XP Professional.vmem

    Windows XP Professional.vmem.lck

    Windows XP Professional.vmsd

    Windows XP Professional.vmx

    Windows XP Professional.vmxf

    Can you please help me get my virtual machine back to its original state?

    Also i have attached the latest log files

    Thanks.

    -Ian

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  • 2.  RE: how to restore deleted virtual machine

    Posted Mar 02, 2010 05:40 PM

    You might be able to delete snapshots and recover, but it looks like that file is gone. If that's the case, and removing SS's doesn't work, you probably need to restore from your backup.