Activate Windows 7 on VMware Unsupported Partition Table

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  1. Vaako

    Vaako MDL Novice

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    Hi,

    If I try to activate Windows 7 Pro with Windows Loader v2.2.2 under VMware it says: Unsupported partition table

    Daz v222 VMware Unsupported partition table.png

    I have created this VM with a convert a physical machines into virtual machine (VMware vCenter Converter)

    Is there something I can do about it ?
     
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    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    The system you virtualized is probably installed in UEFI/GPT?

    You could use a VM bios rom/bin with a valiaad slic table modded in, and it will be able to activate by DAZ Loader.
     
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    what VM bios rom/bin do I have to use and where to get those ?
     
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    Update:

    I was able to activate my Windows 7 without the DAZ loader.

    1. Added these lines to .vmx file:

    firmware = "efi"
    efi64.filename = "EFI64_SLIC.ROM"


    2. copy VM15.5_DELL25_EFI64_SLIC.ROM to vm folder and rename it to EFI64_SLIC.ROM

    3. Copy DELL-DD981F15.XRM-MS to the VM C:\ drive (root)

    4. on the VM open CMD as admin and exicute this command: slmgr.vbs /ilc C:\DELL-DD981F15.XRM-MSd

    5. install a serial key according your OS system and version and exicute this command: slmgr.vbs /ipk xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxxxx

    6. Activate windows: slmgr.vbs /ato

    7. Check activation status: slmgr.vbs /dli

    Thats all what I did, however if I use the DAZ Loader it gives me the same massage: Unsupported partition table

    Daz v222 Dell Unsupported partition table cenc.png
     
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    That's what the loader normally does too, but for some reason it's not working, but glad you got it working with the info in the manual pdf :)
     
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    Vaako MDL Novice

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    Thank you for your help !!!!

    But, do you or anybody else have any clue why DAZ Loader does give this massage about Unsupported partition table ?

    In the past I already have activated Win7 VM's without any problem.
     
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