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Crazy Badger

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Anyone else having a problem with this?

I was using 5 and my Bootcamp partition without any problems, but when I've tried to upgrade to 6 I get the error message "If another virtual machine is using this disk, it must be powered off first"

Thought I hadn't closed it down properly in 5 so booted into Bootcamp and shut down, but no joy.

Reinstalled 5 and accessed Bootcamp without any problems, after initial set-up. Closed down, upgraded to 6 and the same problem :(

Any ideas?
 
No problems here. I updated to VMware Fusion 6 and started up my boot camp partition. It updated the tools and that's it.
 
Same here - upgraded to VMWare 6 from 5 (which was working fine) and get the "If another virtual machine is using this disk, it must be powered off first" message when I try to use my BootCamp partition....

Haven't gone back to 5 to try but from your experience it would appear to work....

Anyone any ideas - cannot see anything similar on VMWare support.....

Maybe it is a Scottish thing since I am in Scotland too !!!!
 
I've attempted several times now, trying different things but can't set-up Bootcamp from the partition in v6.

Rolling back to 5 is pretty straightforward, although takes about 30 minutes to get everything set-up correctly again.

I'm getting the message below when I try to upgrade bootcamp, and then the "If another virtual machine is using this disk, it must be powered off first" when trying to recreate.

bootcamp.jpg


I'll have to drop Alex (Salmond) a quick e-mail and see if he can put some pressure on VMware :D
 
That is the same message I got when I first upgraded from 5 to 6....

I trashed the Virtual Machines folder in my User>Application Support folder and like you it won't allow me to run the BootCamp partition from 6.

I am using a DIY Fusion Drive on OSX 10.8.4 but VMWare 5 was fine and my BootCamp partition is on the HDD rather than the SSD part of the Fusion Drive.

Would imagine emailing Alex will be a waste of time :D
 
No Fusion Drive witchcraft here - just OSX running on a SSD and a partition on the HDD for Windows 7.

Will have a further look on the VMware forums and stick with 5 for the minute.

I'm guessing 6 will be more compatible with OSX9 so have a month or so to sort.

I might suggest to Alex that VMware could be his solution to a devolved Scotland - that should spark his interest :D
 
Solution!

Turns out it doesn't like applications that let you read/write to your NTFS partition - in my case Tuxera NTFS. Disabled this, removed the old file from the users/application support/... folder and we're away.
 
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