Here’s how to solve the VMware not booting error

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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A large number of users have reported that their version of VMware is notbooting.

This issue can cause you a lot of stress, as it stops you from accessing both theVirtual Machineand the data stored on it.

The problem becomes even bigger if you’re using VMware as a company, and can’t get access to the data required to run your business.

For this reason, it is extremely important that you manage to solve the VMware notbootingerroras fast as possible.

In today’s article, we will explore some of the best methods to try to help you with this issue.

Please follow the steps described in this article in the order that they were written to avoid causing any unnecessary complications.

Here’s how to deal with the VMware not booting error

Start the New Virtual Machine Wizard:

Navigate to the location of your ISO file:

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To make VMware boot from your .vmdk file, you will need to transform the file to be compatible with ESXi.

Follow these steps to do so:

To fix this issue, please follow the steps presented in the first method of this article, but choose the ISO image as the boot source.

If your VM is not recognizing the ISO image, it means that the ISO is corrupted and you will have to replace it.

In today’s fix article we explored the best methods you want to try in order to fix the VMware notbootingerror.

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