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seisend
Aug 26, 2009, 04:40 AM
Hi there,

I have some problems with starting Windows 7 RC 64bit with WMWare.


I got Windows 7 RC 64bit installed on my Bootcamp Partition (It is installed on a empty harddrive in Bay 4 of my Mac Pro)

Windows 7 works fine and everything.
I want get it working with VMware.
I have VMWare 2.0 installed.
My problem is, that Windows 7 doesn't start with VMware, here is what I did:

- Start VMWare
- The Bootcamp Partition is in the "playlist"
- So I choose it and say that it is a "Windows Vista X64 Edition" or "Windows Server 2008 X64 Edition" / I tried both.

So when I Press the start button it says:

"VMWare is preparing to start your Bootcamp Partition, this may take a few minutes".

So I am waiting hours and nothing is happening, I tried it three times. Does anybody know what I am doing wrong. Didn't found any solution on Google or macrumors.

thanks !



seisend
Aug 29, 2009, 12:00 PM
anyone? :(

PoitNarf
Aug 29, 2009, 12:06 PM
Are you using the latest version of VMWare Fusion? I haven't had any problems creating a VM based upon my bootcamp install of Windows 7.

seisend
Aug 29, 2009, 02:18 PM
It is Version 2.0 (116369)

seisend
Aug 29, 2009, 02:37 PM
omg it works now. Downloaded VMware 2.0.5.

I thought I had the newest version. Thank you !!