I used to be able to, but can no longer clone my VM files. I have tried to clone them on the startup drive, USB drives, and networked drives. I have tried to copy with the Finder, recover using Data Rescue II, and even tried to archiving the files with Stuffit. I have checked my hard drive with Disk Utility, Disk Warrior, Data Rescue II, and Tech Tool Deluxe (no disk errors). I've had this problem for several months, and it has persisted through two different VM's and the upgrade to Parallels 3.0 build 4560.
• When I try to clone, the progress bar stops about 1/8 of the way across, and then my computer freezes almost completely despite low CPU usage.
• When I try to copy by dragging the VM folder to another disk, it stops copying after about 618 MB and I get the message: "The Finder cannot complete the operation because some data in winxp.hdd.o.{5fbaabe3-6958-40ff-92a7-860e329aab41}.hds could be read or written. (Error code -36).
• When I tried stuffing the files with Stuffit, I also got an error code.
The VM otherwise seems to run fine with Parallels only very rarely crashing (Parallels 3.0 was a big performance improvement). I have run the Parallels Compactor and have seen no errors (except my main VM has ballooned to 32 GB despite only 8 GB used on the drive).
I have a feeling the problem is in the hdd hard drive image file, but I don't know what else to do.
I would appreciate any help anyone can give. I am thinking of creating yet another VM from scratch, but re-valditating WinXP and reloading all my software is a huge pain.
Thanks.
• When I try to clone, the progress bar stops about 1/8 of the way across, and then my computer freezes almost completely despite low CPU usage.
• When I try to copy by dragging the VM folder to another disk, it stops copying after about 618 MB and I get the message: "The Finder cannot complete the operation because some data in winxp.hdd.o.{5fbaabe3-6958-40ff-92a7-860e329aab41}.hds could be read or written. (Error code -36).
• When I tried stuffing the files with Stuffit, I also got an error code.
The VM otherwise seems to run fine with Parallels only very rarely crashing (Parallels 3.0 was a big performance improvement). I have run the Parallels Compactor and have seen no errors (except my main VM has ballooned to 32 GB despite only 8 GB used on the drive).
I have a feeling the problem is in the hdd hard drive image file, but I don't know what else to do.
I would appreciate any help anyone can give. I am thinking of creating yet another VM from scratch, but re-valditating WinXP and reloading all my software is a huge pain.
Thanks.