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So, my Boot Camp XP partition won't boot, except in safe mode ( and I didn't do anything ), it won't boot in VMWare, VMWare won't let me remove it ( which is what it says I should do ), my other XP VM is half broken, and someone from VMWare support is abusing me. Again.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
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So, my Boot Camp XP partition won't boot, except in safe mode ( and I didn't do anything ), it won't boot in VMWare, VMWare won't let me remove it ( which is what it says I should do ), my other XP VM is half broken, and someone from VMWare support is abusing me. Again.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
Reminds me of a little song... :Frank Sinatra Voice: It sucks to be you... duuuuuum dah... It sucks to be you... duuuuuum dah...
Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010
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Reminds me of a little song... :Frank Sinatra Voice: It sucks to be you... duuuuuum dah... It sucks to be you... duuuuuum dah...
Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010
So it would seem.....
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
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So it would seem.....
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
Oh cheer up...
Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010
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Oh cheer up...
Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010
Easy for you to say, I'm betting your computer cost less than 7 grand, and that it works. The core issue appears to be VMWare. The Fusion support staff are downright rude and abusive, and while it's great when it works, it's basically broken everything it touches, for me. I think I need to buy parallels, and keep a Boot Camp drive that is never run from OSX.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
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Easy for you to say, I'm betting your computer cost less than 7 grand, and that it works. The core issue appears to be VMWare. The Fusion support staff are downright rude and abusive, and while it's great when it works, it's basically broken everything it touches, for me. I think I need to buy parallels, and keep a Boot Camp drive that is never run from OSX.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
Christian Graus wrote:
Easy for you to say
True, but I'm doing my best to cheer you up...
Christian Graus wrote:
I'm betting your computer cost less than 7 grand
Also true... just under 4...
Christian Graus wrote:
and that it works
errrrrr... no... you may recall my threads recently about rebuilding it, then getting the random "Power Surge on USB Port" error (indicative of a motherboard on the way out the door apparently).
Christian Graus wrote:
The Fusion support staff are downright rude and abusive
There's no excuse for that... unless of course you were rude and abusive to them first! (Which I'm sure you wouldn't have been.)
Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010
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So, my Boot Camp XP partition won't boot, except in safe mode ( and I didn't do anything ), it won't boot in VMWare, VMWare won't let me remove it ( which is what it says I should do ), my other XP VM is half broken, and someone from VMWare support is abusing me. Again.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
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So, my Boot Camp XP partition won't boot, except in safe mode ( and I didn't do anything ), it won't boot in VMWare, VMWare won't let me remove it ( which is what it says I should do ), my other XP VM is half broken, and someone from VMWare support is abusing me. Again.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
On the bright side, at least now you can blog about it. :)
Best wishes, Hans
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So, my Boot Camp XP partition won't boot, except in safe mode ( and I didn't do anything ), it won't boot in VMWare, VMWare won't let me remove it ( which is what it says I should do ), my other XP VM is half broken, and someone from VMWare support is abusing me. Again.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
Sucks. Have you considered going back to something earlier than 10.5.7? You can do this in a couple of ways. 1) Use the Leopard DVD to perform an Archive Install of the OS, then download the 10.5.6 combo update after the install finishes. An Archive Install doesn't wipe user data, it just resets the system. 2) Assuming you are still running time machine, you can boot from the install DVD and restore from the Time Machine backup of a particular time. Be carefull to back up you current data though :) It may not fix everything but it could be worth a shot to deal with the issues caused by the update and fusion.
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --Ralph Charell
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Christian Graus wrote:
Easy for you to say
True, but I'm doing my best to cheer you up...
Christian Graus wrote:
I'm betting your computer cost less than 7 grand
Also true... just under 4...
Christian Graus wrote:
and that it works
errrrrr... no... you may recall my threads recently about rebuilding it, then getting the random "Power Surge on USB Port" error (indicative of a motherboard on the way out the door apparently).
Christian Graus wrote:
The Fusion support staff are downright rude and abusive
There's no excuse for that... unless of course you were rude and abusive to them first! (Which I'm sure you wouldn't have been.)
Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010
_Damian S_ wrote:
There's no excuse for that... unless of course you were rude and abusive to them first! (Which I'm sure you wouldn't have been.)
It seems possible that the issue is that it's hard to tell who works for VMWare, and who just likes to abuse people on their forums. I've worked out how to boot in VMWare, but my Boot Camp still won't boot. I am tracking down if SP3 may have auto installed, and caused the issue.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
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Sucks. Have you considered going back to something earlier than 10.5.7? You can do this in a couple of ways. 1) Use the Leopard DVD to perform an Archive Install of the OS, then download the 10.5.6 combo update after the install finishes. An Archive Install doesn't wipe user data, it just resets the system. 2) Assuming you are still running time machine, you can boot from the install DVD and restore from the Time Machine backup of a particular time. Be carefull to back up you current data though :) It may not fix everything but it could be worth a shot to deal with the issues caused by the update and fusion.
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --Ralph Charell
Oh, that sounds promising, I may try that. Thanks
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
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Oh, that sounds promising, I may try that. Thanks
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
Good luck with it.
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --Ralph Charell
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So, my Boot Camp XP partition won't boot, except in safe mode ( and I didn't do anything ), it won't boot in VMWare, VMWare won't let me remove it ( which is what it says I should do ), my other XP VM is half broken, and someone from VMWare support is abusing me. Again.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
You may want to expand the scope of your blog.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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Good luck with it.
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --Ralph Charell
Looks like having partitioned has hosed my Boot Camp partition, so I am backing up and reinstalling XP. From there, I should be fine to go.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
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So, my Boot Camp XP partition won't boot, except in safe mode ( and I didn't do anything ), it won't boot in VMWare, VMWare won't let me remove it ( which is what it says I should do ), my other XP VM is half broken, and someone from VMWare support is abusing me. Again.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
Go to http://www.mupromo.com/ and spend $50. Parallels 4 is one of the applications in the bundle. :-)
Paul A .NET developer who now drinks the Ruby and Cocoa Koolaid.