Under x64 WinPE v2.1, these are all the VMWare drivers that I am installing, and my PE loads fine, sees all hardware and works: vmx_svga.inf vmmemctl.inf vmmouse.inf vmxnet.inf None of these are for the hard drive controller. But then again, I have my VMWare x64 VM running with IDE controller, not SCSI. I'll run a test using the SCSI controller. EDIT: After testing my VM with the VMWare SCSI controller as the hard drive, everything works for me, here is a pic: