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Guys,<br />
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I'm trying to reinstall VMware Fusion using a Ghost snapshot I've created. I lost the original guest disk, but my Ghost 12 snapshots are 100% intact. I've even converted them to VMWare...<br />
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I'm a bit stuck :-( this has been much more challenging then I thought. Here is where I am<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; * I have several intact copies of Ghost 12 snapshots (stored in several places) :-)<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; * When I try to Restore Computer using XP (after installing a fresh copy of XP), it wants me to reboot using the CD. No prob. When I do, Vista boots off of the Rescue CD, but it doesn't see the guest disk<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; * I've even went into Ghost, and converted the snapshot into a VMWare disk, but when I try to use it within Fusion, it complains that it's just .2MB (I created split disks using Ghost's conversion process)<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; * What I'm doing now, as I'm typing this, is converting my snapshot again, using Ghost, but asking it to not create a split disk image. I'll see if Fusion likes it this time.<br />
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Any tips. At this point, until I'm able to use my Ghost snapshots, I can't get any work done :-(<br />
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Looking forward to your reply ---<br />
<br />
Ziv.
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Guys,

I'm trying to reinstall VMware Fusion using a Ghost snapshot I've created. I lost the original guest disk, but my Ghost 12 snapshots are 100% intact. I've even converted them to VMWare...

I'm a bit stuck :-( this has been much more challenging then I thought. Here is where I am

    * I have several intact copies of Ghost 12 snapshots (stored in several places) :-)

    * When I try to Restore Computer using XP (after installing a fresh copy of XP), it wants me to reboot using the CD. No prob. When I do, Vista boots off of the Rescue CD, but it doesn't see the guest disk

    * I've even went into Ghost, and converted the snapshot into a VMWare disk, but when I try to use it within Fusion, it complains that it's just .2MB (I created split disks using Ghost's conversion process)

    * What I'm doing now, as I'm typing this, is converting my snapshot again, using Ghost, but asking it to not create a split disk image. I'll see if Fusion likes it this time.


Any tips. At this point, until I'm able to use my Ghost snapshots, I can't get any work done :-(

Looking forward to your reply ---

Ziv.

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