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mattloaf666

Can I move a Virtual Machine from one computer to another?

Help Request

I'm clearing down an old Macbook, and wanted to try and move the VM I have on it to another Macbook (both Intel machines, version of VMWare is Fusion 7, the VM is XP SP3). Reason I wanted to move it intact rather than set up as new was to preserve the installed programs and settings/files etc. but I tried copying the Virtual Machine folder that contained the ~8gb XP SP3 VM, along with the two VMWare folders from Application Support to the new machine (into the same locations) and then installing VMWare Fusion 7, but everytime I try to start the VM I get these two errors (see first post). What do I need to do?

Posted May 10, 2026, 9:57 PM UTC

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