

And autoinst.flp is mounted when you start the Virtual Machine VMware. Because, what happens actually is the autoinst.flp file contains the ProductKey. Solution is so simple, remove or Disconnect "Floppy" from your Windows Virtual Machine. And Windows 8 virtual machine keeps on rebooting.In VMware Workstation 8.0 "Windows 8" Version is a not available under.Įrror Message, "Windows cannot read the setting from the unattend answer file." I have created New Virtual Machine for Windows 8, but while installing Windows 8 it gives me "Vmware Workstation 8 Windows Cannot Read the settings from the unattend answer file" error.


This is what happened to me while installing Windows 8 Developer Preview on VMware Workstation 8. Almost every one will face this issue when installing Windows 8 on Virtual machines.
