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I have a notebook with a bad HDD (it has bad sectors). I would like make a virtual disk with VMware workstation from this computer.

I installed VMware Workstation & VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Client on this notebook, then I used virtualize a physical machine.

It started procedure but at 38% I got this error:

FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: 'BlockLevelVolumeCloneMgr::CloneVolume: Detected a write error during the cloning of volume \WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeId=[39-06-3A-06-00-02-13-4C-1D-00-00-00]. Error: 209 (type: 1, code:
13)'

I Googled it and I think it means that I have bad sectors on the HDD.

How can I solve this problem and make a virtual machine from HDD with bad sectors?

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I think what you are asking, is how can you make a virtual machine on a separate server from this bad HDD?

If that's the case, you may want to try using a cloning software that can handle bad blocks on a disk. Clone to a new HDD, then do your P2V.

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It is needed clone old HHD to new HHD? Or it is posibble make only some image file and from this image file use P2V. What SW you suggest to use? Thank you – mike1616 Dec 26 '11 at 21:57
Use something like ghost to clone to a new HDD. – DanBig Dec 27 '11 at 13:15
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