Symptoms
I cannot convert my VMware virtual machine. Instead I get the following error message:
Error 41300: Failed to convert the virtual machine
Resolution
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Make sure VMware Fusion the virtual machine is not encrypted.
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Try to split and then "unsplit" the VMware Fusion virtual machine hard disk in your virtual machine settings before converting it to a Parallels Desktop virtual machine
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The VMware virtual machine file name may contain unsupported symbols, such as
/
,*
or&
. Rename the virtual machine and try to convert it again. -
Make sure your virtual machine is free of hard disk errors:
Run
chkdsk
(checkdisk) utility in your Windows virtual machine (following the instructions from the KB115549) to fix possible hard disk issues and try to convert it again. -
Make sure your Mac has enough hard disk space:
There should be at least twice as much free space on your destination hard disk as the size of your source virtual machine.
- Restart Parallels Desktop and try to restart the conversion.
If the steps above do not help, try to convert the virtual machine using the Terminal commands:
- Start the Terminal on your Mac (Finder -> Applications -> Utilities)
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Execute the following command and hit Return:
/Applications/Parallels\ Desktop.app/Contents/MacOS/prl_convert /<path to .vhd> --no-src-check --no-reconfig
Please note that instead of <path to .vhd
>, you need to write down the actual path to your virtual machine .vhd
file.
Example:
/Applications/Parallels\ Desktop.app/Contents/MacOS/prl_convert /Volumes/500gb\ 1/WIN-8.VHD --no-src-check --no-reconfig
Please note you can drag and drop your virtual machine's .vhd
file to the Terminal instead of typing the file path manually.