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Windows 7 cannot start on VMware Fusion 3.1.2

Hello,

For the past couple of days I have been trying to start up Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard and VMware Fusion 3.1.2 with no luck.

It comes up with two choices on a black screen, like one to diagnose the problem and one to start normally. Either way, the virtual machine won't load.

I've used VMware Fusion with Windows 7 for a long time already but this has never happened. I made no significant changes before this.

I tried uninstalling VMware completely and then re-installing it. I tried resetting my Mac's PRAM. What else should I do?
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Check for Fusion log files.  There may also be a log in the Win7 VM folder.

Post them please.

It may be a driver issue - there has been a mac firmware update recently that may have changed hardware IDs and the VM can no longer work since this change, as it appears to the VM as different hardware.

Maybe a repair of the Win7 VM?

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Here is the error message that popped up after I tried to load Win7. User generated image
Here is the log file. vmware.log
Another error message after clicking on "Abort" in the previous error message window. User generated image
Have you tried running the Disk Utility and Repairing Disk Permissions?

It looks (by the vmware log) that permissions have changed.

I keep repairing Disk Permissions, but it's still the same problem.
Ok then, scratch that idea.  

By looking at that nasty vmware log, it appears to be permissions because it states it can't locate the file (which could be a read permission thing).

I don't use Fusion, so I'm just gathering things from what you sent us.

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No one thought about a failing hard disk, and I now have a fast MBP by re-formatting.