I am using WS9 in 64bit Linux (Fedora 17.) I recently used "sdelete -c" in my Win7 guest to prepare for virtual disk compression, but it filled the partition and crashed the VM. That crash created a Win7-000001.vmdk disk file that I cannot get rid of. If I clone the VM, the new VM crashes with a BSOD 8e error. If I use vmware-vdiskmanager to convert the sparse disk to a flat disk, the new VM crashes with a BSOD c000021a error.
Note that the existing Win7-000001.vmdk / Win7.vmdk combination works - I just want to get rid of the 000001.vmdk file.
Lastly, the Win7-000001.vmdk file appears to be an AutoProtect snapshot that was created during the first crash. The Snapshot Manager does not show any snapshots.
So, how do I get rid of the Win7-000001.vmdk file?
I recently upgraded from WS7 to WS9, and I am still in the 30-day support period, but the website will not let me create a support ticket. Hence, I am describing my problem here.