28 Comments on “VMware Converter ColdClone ISOs”

1. golfinho says:

   October 5, 2012 at 12:00 pm

   Big thx

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2. Paul says:

   November 8, 2012 at 7:29 am

   This justifies why I do not like Vmware. I am however thankful

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3. Aquiline George Neville says:

   November 12, 2012 at 3:58 pm

   Thanks Buddy. Was really helpful

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4. veronainformatica (@veronainfo) says:

   December 4, 2012 at 4:05 am

   thanks

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5. Mayur Jobanputra says:

   December 20, 2012 at 1:12 am

   If VMWare wants people to use their products, they should do everything they can to allow conversions to take place. A P2V bootable CD is one of those tools that should be freely available to everyone. Thanks for the upload!!!!

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6. Gary W. says:

   March 7, 2013 at 5:18 pm

   Thanks!! I even downloaded converter 4.1.x to extract the bootCD.iso, as instructed by VMware, but they stripped it from the image. Cold boot is the MOST reliable way to P2V, so why remove it?

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7. AxeMaster says:

   April 5, 2013 at 1:08 pm

   Any link where to download 4.1.x version? Would be much appreciated

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   • VirtuallyMikeB says:

     April 5, 2013 at 1:16 pm

     I know they discontinued the LiveCD version at one point but I don’t recall when. Check out this link. It sounds like they stopped somewhere about the vSphere 4.0 version. http://communities.vmware.com/thread/323811

     Cheers,

     Mike

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     • AxeMaster says:

       April 5, 2013 at 2:24 pm

       Saw this link while digging through internet to find a solution for my P2V problem. To be short, I have a SBS 2011 server in RAID5 that doesn’t want to boot after hardware failure. I’ll probably have to reinstall SBS, but I want to do a P2V since I can’t log into Windows and install VMware Converter. Was searching for a good solution to P2V the server onto my ESXi 5.1 before attempting a Windows repair. Tried the MOA thing, but maybe I got something wrong, it didn’t work. So searching for a kinda boot cd so I can make a P2V, or something to create an image I could import in my ESXi later. At the moment, I’m trying with TrueImage Home rescue CD, but searching for other solution meanwhile.

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     • AxeMaster says:

       April 5, 2013 at 2:35 pm

       Oops! Took time to display the reply, sorry for multiple post.

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8. AxeMaster says:

   April 5, 2013 at 2:32 pm

   Saw this link while digging through the internet to find a solution to my problem. To be short, I have a SBS 2011 server that had hardware issues, and keep rebooting now. Wanted to P2V the server before attempting anything on it. So I’m searching for a boot cd that can help me P2V, or create an image that I can import in my ESXi later. Tried the MOA thing, but didn’t work, maybe I got something wrong. Trying at the moment with TrueImage Home, and searching for other alternative in case it doesn’t work. If you have a fast solution to offer that will work, or if you can give me a link to an ISO that will do the job for SBS2011, I’m a taker. Server is a HP ProLiant ML350 G6, Raid5 (4×250 GB).

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9. alex_hunt says:

   June 6, 2013 at 1:40 am

   thanks a lot buddy for the share.

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10. Kazim says:

    June 16, 2013 at 4:43 pm

    thanks buddy.

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11. Mecatroid says:

    August 8, 2013 at 4:43 am

    You are the guy ! Thanx so much

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12. MrSencie says:

    October 21, 2013 at 7:35 am

    thanks you

    currently trying to P2V a Linux Server fingers crossed this work

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    • pctool frustrated says:

      November 16, 2013 at 8:24 pm

      Anyone kind enough to have a link for the pctool.exe that allows injection of drivers into the coldclone.iso. This file is usually part of the VMware convertercd package download.

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13. zyu says:

    December 22, 2014 at 10:33 am

    thank you very much.
    my client is windows 2000 and the windows installer serve is always stop, i reinstall the serve,but still not working.so i can’t use converter hot clone, i found VMware web can’t download coldclone.iso any more. i’m in china. so you know it’s hard for me to find this file.
    however thanks very much

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14. Toto says:

    June 6, 2015 at 7:10 pm

    Thanks a lot, man!

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15. Ali Fanaei says:

    December 17, 2016 at 11:28 am

    You are a real NINJA! Thanks very much. honesty survive all! 😉

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    • Mitch Irvine says:

      October 13, 2019 at 5:09 pm

      Do you still have this ISO?
      Can you share?

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16. Shan says:

    April 7, 2017 at 2:41 am

    Hi Thanks for the info.
    Is this supported for Redhat linux 3. I mean using the converter live CD, can we migrate Redhat Linux machine 3(Cold migration method).

    Thanks in Advance 🙂

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    • VirtuallyMikeB says:

      April 10, 2017 at 5:09 pm

      This version of VMware Converter is no longer supported by VMware at all, so if you use it, you’re on your own. That said, it should work just fine. All the best!

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17. Admin Geek says:

    October 12, 2017 at 4:49 pm

    Can you let me know where I can download PEtool.exe please? I can’t find any where

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18. Admin Geek says:

    October 12, 2017 at 4:51 pm

    Can you let me know where can I download petool.exe? I can’t find it any where

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19. Andre Sousa Santos says:

    December 21, 2017 at 9:32 am

    Thanks!!!!!! Thanks!!!

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    • Mitch Irvine says:

      October 13, 2019 at 5:09 pm

      Can you share this ISO? Thanks

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20. Jan De Smet says:

    July 24, 2019 at 6:29 am

    I know this is an old post, but someone please share the bootcd 4.1? I am currently virtualizing a physical workload, and looking for the iso. thanks.

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21. Mel Kirvoy says:

    November 4, 2023 at 10:39 pm

    Dropbox: “We blocked this link to be safe.”

    Gee, great. I feel very “safe” now that I don’t have the download.

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