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Darran Brien

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Aug 19, 2025
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Hello everyone!
Last night I was working on a virtual machine when the power suddenly went out. After this unexpected shutdown, I can no longer start my Parallels virtual machine with the Windows 10 operating system. It contains important files for my work.

When I launch Parallels, my virtual machine is not listed. And when I try to open "Windows 10 work.pvm" an error appears, as shown in the screenshot.

Has anyone encountered a similar problem and knows how to get the virtual machine to work or, at least, retrieve the data from it?
Unfortunately, I didn't manage to make any backups and never thought something like this could happen...
I would be very grateful for any advice or help.
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