VMWARE Virtual Machine on Virtual PC

ssauerw wrote:
> is there any way to get a vmware player image running on a MS virtual
> pc running windows server 2003? Everytime I try to launch the vmware
> image the MS virtual machine crashes.

This is a data format conversion problem. The VMware .vmdk disk format
is incompatible with VPC, all versions. VMware has an import function
for VPC images but not vice-verse.

You can use a disk image transfer program like Norton Ghost or Acronis
TrueImage to transfer the data from the vmdk container to a Microsoft
VHD format, then that is a start. Afterwards, you would probably have
to do a Windows repair installation, re-activate the Windows license due
to the virtual hardware changes, etal, then transfer it to the Mac, etc.

It can be done with a lot of patience and expertise.