Cannot convert VMWare Fusion VMDK to Parallels

Discussion in 'General Questions' started by frankr17, Apr 5, 2021.

  1. frankr17

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    I've been beating my head on this problem for days trying to get a Windows 10 VMWare Fusion VMDK to convert to Parallels format with no success. Each time I try to convert a VMDK it processes for hours and eventually fails with this message:

    "This VMWare Fusion virtual machine cannot be converted to the Parallels format
    Some files required for conversion are either missing or damaged."

    There was a similar thread about this with a different error message https://forum.parallels.com/threads...verted-to-the-parallels-format-solved.343067/ and I've tried all these suggestions from that thread:

    1) Ensuring VMWare Fusion image has been shutdown
    2) Running chkdsk inside the VMWare Fusion image
    3) Cloning the image to a new image and then converting
     
  2. frankr17

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    I forgot to mention also that I uninstalled VMWare Tools from the image.
     

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