VMWare workstation missing .vmsn snapshot

So one of my external drives started showing bad sectors. I did the smart thing and took a snapshot. Or so I thought. Turns out if VMWare cannot find your snapshot you cannot start-up an existing VM!

So I opened up the .vmsd file for the VM I am working on and compared it to another VM that had never had a snapshot taken. By removing the highlighted portion and saving it I was able to boot directly into my VM with no issues!

Very slick and sad to see there is no useful info on this currently out on the net. Especially from VMWare.

I hope this saves someone else's day like it did mine.

Launch of new RBA website!

I forgot to announce after I finished building this site!
Before I started my year of traveling I complete the RBA Consulting website. I built it using the Open Source CMS framework Umbraco. If you have never looked into I would watch a few videos. I have yet to come across anything as flexible.
The site is located at http://www.rbaconsulting.com. Next is to convert it into SP2010!

Launch of new site!

Sorry for the long delay between posts but I have been incredibly busy! My latest public project is the release of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana's public and member website converted to SharePoint 2007. This was under a pretty tight time line considering the amount of work involved. But I believe the end result is more than worth the effort! I was the architect/lead developer on the project. I am incredibly thankful for the effort of my team for all their input, assistance and hard work.

http://www.bcbsla.com