Written on September 15, 2011 at 5:13 am by

Vmware Workstation 8 Windows Cannot Read the settings from the unattend answer file

Filed under VMware {30 comments}

Today I have faced one issue while installing Windows 8 Developer Preview on VMware Workstation 8 .0 build 471780. Step By Step Installation Guide To Configure VMware Workstation 8 on Windows 7 I have created New Virtual Machine for Windows 8, but while installing Windows 8 it gives me “Vmware Workstation 8 Windows Cannot Read the <ProductKey> settings from the unattend answer file” error. And Windows 8 virtual machine keeps on rebooting…In VMware Workstation 8.0 “Windows 8″ Version is a not available under.
Error Message,
Solution for above error message is to remove or Disconnect “Floppy” from your Windows Virtual Machine.  (Actually autoinst.flp. file contains the ProductKey & autoinst.flp is mounted when you start the VM)Power off Windows 8 Virtual Machine & Go to Virtual Machine settings & remove the Floppy. Now you can install Windows 8 without any issues. Enjoy!!

Also check How install Windows 8 customer preview on VMware Workstation & Virtual Box guide,

[Guide] Installing Windows 8 Customer Preview on VMware Workstation 8[Guide] Installing Windows 8 Customer Preview on Oracle VirtualBox

30 Comments

  1. H0n24 Cz says:
    September 15, 2011 at 8:06 pm

    Ty, helped!

    Reply
  2. Leelan Bronson says:
    September 15, 2011 at 8:31 pm

    THANK YOU !!!!

    Reply
  3. Mjpennington says:
    September 15, 2011 at 10:14 pm

    I dont get it. Where did you get Autoinst.flp from?

    Reply
  4. Thejunkbin says:
    September 16, 2011 at 12:20 am

    Thanks! Just what I needed!

    Reply
  5. Stefania Castelli says:
    September 16, 2011 at 8:05 am

    I love you.

    Stefania from Italy :-)

    Reply
  6. Ayoum Soumah says:
    September 16, 2011 at 10:29 am

    thanks! it worked for me :)

    Reply
  7. Rafael Miranda says:
    September 16, 2011 at 10:46 am

    Thank you, friend!

    Reply
  8. Rafael Miranda says:
    September 16, 2011 at 10:47 am

    Thank you, friend!

    Reply
  9. Wanhapieru says:
    September 16, 2011 at 9:37 pm

    thanks that worked here too

    Reply
  10. Farman says:
    September 17, 2011 at 8:37 am

    Thanks….worked for me :)

    Reply
  11. Isaac Spencer says:
    September 17, 2011 at 2:35 pm

    That was surprisingly simple. I had no idea that it would be that easy to solve such a complicated sounding error message.

    Reply
  12. Charles says:
    September 17, 2011 at 5:48 pm

    Thanks for this solution … my install is now proceeding fine.

    Reply
  13. Code_Here says:
    September 18, 2011 at 1:45 pm

    Thanks!

    Reply
  14. Sundi says:
    September 18, 2011 at 10:27 pm

    wow thanks a lot! I love the internet :)

    Reply
  15. Lol says:
    September 18, 2011 at 10:44 pm

    thank you for the help!!!!!

    Reply
  16. joe says:
    September 20, 2011 at 7:54 pm

    thank you so much for this. why vmware even install a floppy device driver to this day is beyond me.

    Reply
  17. Vara686 says:
    September 21, 2011 at 5:09 am

    Thanks a lot

    Reply
  18. Santosh says:
    September 22, 2011 at 6:39 pm

    All,
    thanks for the comments!!

    Reply
  19. Sivapragadeesh says:
    September 23, 2011 at 11:21 am

    Thanks…Worked!

    Reply
  20. Jimmy622001 says:
    September 26, 2011 at 11:06 am

    Thank you for your input thanks to people like you we save time and money!!!!!

    Reply
  21. Ray says:
    September 26, 2011 at 11:14 pm

    Thank you

    Reply
  22. Guilherme Ambros says:
    October 2, 2011 at 5:07 pm

    Thanks! Really appreciate it.

    Reply
  23. Abww says:
    October 9, 2011 at 3:04 pm

    thanks !

    Reply
  24. Anonymous says:
    January 26, 2012 at 8:20 pm

    thanks!!!

    Reply
  25. Supreet says:
    March 13, 2012 at 1:22 pm

    Thanks it worked…

    Reply
  26. Valos Santanos says:
    March 14, 2012 at 8:24 am

    Thanks! Really appreciate it.

    Reply
  27. mmg1818 says:
    April 1, 2012 at 1:35 am

    Thanks.

    Reply
  28. Margarita Ramos says:
    April 13, 2012 at 4:10 pm

    Thanks!

    Reply
  29. Colin Asquith says:
    April 14, 2012 at 9:47 am

    This fixed it for me, thanks so much!

    Reply
  30. kevin says:
    April 23, 2012 at 12:12 pm

    thank you, easy clear and to the point.

    THANK YOU

    Reply

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