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Did the Windows 7 version that came with laptop, was it supplied by Toshiba?<br />
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e.g. is it OEM?
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No - Enterprise doesn't come as OEM - I upgraded the pre-installed OEM Home Professional to Enterprise
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I'm afraid that doesn't mean very much to me since this is my first venture into VMware Fusion / Mac.<br />
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What do I need to change?
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what storage controller does your laptop use?<br />
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check the VM settings, which storage controller is specified?
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I am re-converting again as we speak, and have chosen the LSI Logic controller instead of auto.
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Re-running the conversion and manually selecting the LSI Logic controller instead of the &quot;auto&quot; setting has resolved the issue! <br />
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Thank you.
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Scenario:-<br />
I have a Toshiba Satellite Laptop running Windows 7 Enterprise 64-BIT. I bought a MacBook Pro for development and work purposes with the intention of moving my Toshiba as a VM so that I could pass it on to my daughter for school work.<br />
I decided on purchasing VMWare Fusion 4.<br />
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Initially, I connected my Toshiba to the Mac via a 1GB switch and installed the Fusion Agent on the Toshiba. The creation of the VMWare image failed - although I couldn't see a specific error. VMWare support told me to remove the Fusion Agent and use the standalone VMWare converter.<br />
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I used the converted and saved the VM to an external HD. This conversion didn't error, so I copied the VM to the MacBook, and used VMWare to create a new VM using the vdmk file.<br />
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However, when I attempt to boot from this VM, it gives a BSOD with the 0x0000007b error - which I believe is an inaccessible boot device.<br />
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Does anyone PLEASE have any suggestions on how to repair this because I certainly don't want to have to install everything from scratch...
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Scenario:-
I have a Toshiba Satellite Laptop running Windows 7 Enterprise 64-BIT. I bought a MacBook Pro for development and work purposes with the intention of moving my Toshiba as a VM so that I could pass it on to my daughter for school work.
I decided on purchasing VMWare Fusion 4.

Initially, I connected my Toshiba to the Mac via a 1GB switch and installed the Fusion Agent on the Toshiba. The creation of the VMWare image failed - although I couldn't see a specific error. VMWare support told me to remove the Fusion Agent and use the standalone VMWare converter.

I used the converted and saved the VM to an external HD. This conversion didn't error, so I copied the VM to the MacBook, and used VMWare to create a new VM using the vdmk file.

However, when I attempt to boot from this VM, it gives a BSOD with the 0x0000007b error - which I believe is an inaccessible boot device.

Does anyone PLEASE have any suggestions on how to repair this because I certainly don't want to have to install everything from scratch...

Windows 7 VM stop error in VMWare Fusion 4

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