I am using VMware Workstation 12.5.2 on a Windows 7 64-bit host. The Ubuntu image I've been using was working fine until recently.
The GNU GRUB bootloader starts when I play the virtual machine, which didn't happen before. After this, the following error message is displayed:
The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system. Power off or reset the virtual machine.
I have tried restarting the virtual machine, the VMware application, and the host itself. What do I need to do to get the VM working again?
Best Answer
There's no question in this question, so I just assume you want to understand the situation.
Your guest Ubuntu machine is unusable and it is indicated by the error messages in the console starting with:
The error in the VMware Player is just a result of the guest machine not being able to start correctly. Per KB2000542:
Either you have a disk configuration problem, or your guest machine became corrupted and you should create a new one.
After that you might try to mount the affected machine disk to retrieve data or further troubleshoot the problem.