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Is there any way to recover files that were saved in a Vmachine? I have had nothing but issues with this software. One minute it works, the next minute it doesn't. I have to turn the 'automatic settings' switch in serial port configurations on and off and on and off depending on the 'mood' of the software. I"m sure the issue is tied to the serial port configuration, but we weren't able to find a solution from my recent posting of log files.

Once again the Vmachine won't start. I have NO clue why. I'm downloading XP mode for windows and hope I can work with that. but for now, I have a file that I finally managed to get done within the virtual machine I had created, but now the Vmachine won't start. The clone I made does, but the file I need isn't in there. It's in the original.

If it is possible to reclaim my file saved on the desktop of the virtual machine, could someone advise me how to get it? Do I have to go to a command prompt and use dos? or because VM won't start, is that not an option.

thanks in advance.
-ss

You can attach the hard drive of one VM to another VM, and read the files from inside the guest. There are also third party tools (e.g. PowerISO) for some hosts which enable virtual disk contents to be read. Also, we might stand a chance of diagnosing why a VM doesn't start if you provided some information about the failure.

If I can be frank: it's clear to me that you still haven't fully grasped what a VM is, and a lot of your frustration arises from that. Hence I doubt your experience will be any better with VirtualPC (aka XP mode), but I guess it's worth a try. I think what you really need to do is borrow the time of someone locally who has a better feel for this sort of thing - oh and reconsider dual boot as an option (when you need to talk to physical hardware, IMHO nothing is going to top running on a physical PC).