Edit: Originally thought the vm was not on C:(os installation), but it turns out it is. Sorry for misinformation.
Just wanted to post this here and know if I am the only one who is having this problem. Or, if my SSD host is going to die soon. Or maybe my sata3 cable is almost dead? Samsung Magician shows healthy. Checked ram (its fine).
When I make a windows 10 x64 VM using vmplayer 12.1.1-3770994.exe, everything seems to be hunky dory. Then the symptoms start to happen ... NOTE: This vm resides on C:(main OS installation). Host is Windows 7 pro x64.
First symptom: Shutting down the OS takes a while.
Second symptom: Shutting down the OS takes a while + another long while and then a dialog box pops up that says:
[<VM TITLE> - VMware Workstation 12 Player]
The operation on file "<path>\s008.vmdk" failed.
If the file resides on a remote file system, make sure that the network connection
and the server where the disk resides are function properly. If the file resides
on the removable media, reattach the media.
Select Retry to attempt the operation again.
Select Cancel to end this session.
Select Continue to forward the error tot he guest operating system.
[Retry] [Continue] [Cancel].
Third symptom: This popup will continue, eventually "Retry" and/or "Continue" no longer works, and must "Cancel".
Fourth symptom: Corruption occurs soon enough.
Lost.