VMware Converter errors when creating Boot Camp VM

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Published on 2010-04-24T04:12:45Z Indexed on 2010/04/24 4:23 UTC
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I just got a new computer. My old computer had a Boot Camp installation of Windows 7, with VMWare running the Boot Camp installation in a virtual machine. On my new computer, I want Windows to strictly be a VM, so I downloaded the VMWare Converter software to create a virtual machine out of the Boot Camp partition.

After finishing 95% of the converting process, I get a few messages

Warning: Failed while updating boot.ini on the target machine's system volume. Warning: Failed while updating drive letters for the target volume layout. Error: Reconfiguration failed.

And then it fails with FAILED: Unable to find the system volume, reconfiguration is not possible.

I'm not sure what the problem is or how to fix it...I don't know much about virtualization or dual booting other than the simple instructions on how to set it up the first time.

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