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  • 1.  Cannot open the disk 'Virtual Disk.vmdk

    Posted Apr 02, 2025 05:21 PM
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    I have VMware fusion 13.6.3 running on MacBook Pro. I failed to open the VM today with an error "File not found: .../Virtual Disk.vmdk". I located the file then another error popped up "Cannot open the disk 'Virtual Disk.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on". I went over the forum and tried to delete lck files and reopened but got the same error.

    All the vmdk slices (1-43) are still there. vmware.log is attached.

    Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

    Lily

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  • 2.  RE: Cannot open the disk 'Virtual Disk.vmdk

    Posted Apr 02, 2025 06:10 PM
    Can you post a listing (drop into a terminal session, do a ls -alR of the VM’s bundle folder and post the text of the output. Please don’t post a screen shot). I suspect there’s a lock folder that’s still present.
    - Paul


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  • 3.  RE: Cannot open the disk 'Virtual Disk.vmdk

    Posted Apr 03, 2025 12:33 PM

    Hi:

    Thank you for the reply.

    Actually I figured out the problem and had it fixed. My VM has two drives and I moved the secondary drive to another folder by accident.  When VM was restarted, it could not find the secondary drive and changed its path to "Virtual Disk.vmdk". Therefore I got the following in .vmx file:

    nvme0:0.fileName = "Virtual Disk.vmdk"

    nvme0:1.fileName = "Virtual Disk.vmdk"

    I guess when both drives pointed to the same file, the first got hold of "Virtual Disk.vmdk" and the second failed and caused the problem.

    After I modified the vmx file to set the secondary drive to the correct location, Bingo! it was fixed.

    Hopefully this message can help people with similar problem. Thanks again.


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