For everything else, using this version is asking for data corruption or conversion failure.
Choose for first-time conversion. Alternatively, select Select volumes to copy – this allows excluding D: drive if you only need C:. vmware converter 4.0.1 download
: If Converter 4.0.1 fails, the StarWind V2V Converter is often suggested as a robust alternative for legacy physical-to-virtual (P2V) tasks. For everything else, using this version is asking
| Feature | Converter 4.0.1 | Converter 7.0 / 8.0 | StarWind V2V | Disk2vhd | |---------|----------------|----------------------|--------------|----------| | Windows 2000 P2V | ✅ Works | ❌ Fails (agent crash) | ⚠️ Sometimes | ✅ Works but VHD only | | Linux 2.4 kernel P2V | ✅ Works | ❌ Unsupported | ❌ | ❌ | | Target vSphere 7+ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ (VMDK) | ❌ | | Hot cloning (no reboot) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | GUI simplicity | ⚠️ Outdated | ✅ Good | ✅ Excellent | ✅ Very simple | : If Converter 4
If the official link fails, the Wayback Machine at archive.org has preserved the VMware download page. Search for https://www.vmware.com/products/converter from 2010-2012 and follow the download hyperlink.