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Can't find local hard drives after moving over from parallels...
Hi all,I just transferred over from parallels and I seem to be having some trouble getting things set up. For some reason it doesn't seem to pick up my local hard drives. Any ideas?Thanks, Pete
View Article10.9.2 upgrade - " internal error" failure when trying to start vmware fusion
Everything was working fine even after the 10.9.2 upgrade and then all of a sudden, I get internal error and can't start it up. The root cause I think can be found in the osx system log:...
View ArticleHow can I repair a VMWare Fusion machine
I am using the newest version of VMWare Fusion. I have a 64-Bit Windows 7 machine on it. It has worked well until today. When I try to open it up it won't open. I don't get an error message but I...
View ArticleTips for reducing my Virtual Machine file size
My Windows 'VMware virtual machine' file size is now 110GB -- which account for almost 50% of my MacBook Air's Storage Space! So, I'm looking for tips on how to reduce that. One of the things I was...
View ArticleData Corruption after reclaim disk space
I'm running Fusion 6 and a Win 7 32-bit VM. This morning after running Clean Up Virtual Machine from Settings | General, Win 7 would not start -- gave a brief BSD and then dropped into the Windows...
View ArticleAutomatic mouse release doesn't work aynmore (Fusion 6.0.2, Windows 7, OSX...
Hi, in the past (prior to Fusion 5) whenever i installed a copy of windows (no matter which version) after installing VMWare tools i got automatic mouse release instantly. For quite a while now and...
View ArticleVMWare Fusion 6 freezes up after Mavericks update
I'm wondering if I'm the only one with this problem:I mainly use Windows for Solidworks 2013 and I'm not sure if this is tied to the Mavericks update, but this never happened before. The VM just...
View ArticleKeyboard differences ....
Hi All, I upgraded to Mavericks, not sure whether this is relevant! Any help appreciated; how do I get my keyboard to work the same on both the Mac side and PC side of the computer, please? I've only...
View Articleunplug second monitor -> macbook screen shows second monitor, primary monitor...
Fusion 6.0.2, Mavericks on 2012 Macbook Pro, guest OS is Windows 8.1 Pro Plugging in a second monitor works perfectly -- my macbook screen retains control as primary monitor and has my taskbar on it....
View ArticleWin 7 on external HDD
If I Instal Vmware on a Windows 7 PC and install a copy of Windows 7 on a external HDD(USB 3.0) , will my IMac( late 2013 version) with Vmware see the drive and run the Windows 7 on it when...
View ArticleWhere are the files and folders I've dragged to the virtual machine (Mac OS X...
First time using VMware. It appeared that the files were going into the virtual machine side (I did it 3 times!) but I can't find the files anywhere in the virtual machine. A second question: I have an...
View ArticleInstall Windows 8 without a DVD
There used to be a way to install preview versions of Windows 8 on Fusion 6 by downloading , but that option doesn't seem to be available now. Is that true?
View ArticleVMvare Win7 status is not updated when I install softwares directly in win7
Hi All, After I install win7 with bootcamp, then I install VMware import the bootcamp win7. So I go to check if the win7 is still start normally or not so I restart Mac, hold "Option" choose bootcamp...
View ArticleVMWare Fusion Tools (VMWare Fusion 6.0.2 and Windows 7)???
All ... I'm in my Windows 7 Virtual Machine and would like to 'shrink my virtual disk' via the Tools provided. Where can I find this toolset??? It's not in my Start menu. I can manually navigate to...
View Articleyubikey not working when a VM is running
My Yubikey works fine when I have only MacOSX running, but if I start up a VM (in my case, Ubuntu desktop) it will rapidly flash green, continuously. According to the manual this means:3.5.3 Device...
View ArticleVMWare Fusion 6 on a MAC with Mavericks - Multiple Display Setup
Greetings - if I have posted this in the wrong place, please forgive me. This is my first post. I'm using a 3-monitor set-up plus APPLETV as a fourth on a MacBook Pro with the Mavericks GM. I have...
View ArticleOngoing XP support in Fusion
Hi, I'll apologise in advance if this information is already available elsewhere in the forums or on the VMWare site but, try as I might, I cannot find it. I am running WinXP SP3 under Fusion 3 on a...
View ArticleScreen is Black
I am moving a virtual XP Machine to a new system. It loads and shows it as running but the display is "black". Any ideas?Thanks for any helpDave
View ArticleVM can't find raw USB boot disk: Mavericks host OS, Windows 7 guest OS
Mavericks host OSWindows 7 guest OSGuest boot disk is a USB 3 external drive I configured the disk using vmware-rawdiskCreator, which gave me a .vmdk file that seems to have everything it's supposed...
View Articlehgfs driver for VMware tools version 9.6.1-1378637 (Fusion 6.0.2) for linux...
host OS: Mac OS X 10.9guest OS: debian 7 (wheezy) 32/64-bitversion: VMwareTools-9.6.1-1378637 this is just an FYI: I upgraded to Fusion 6.0.2 recently, and every time I tried to load any files via the...
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