Where can I download old 32 bit Ver of WMWare Player for Linux Host [closed]

The Problem:

1. I have an older 32 bit machine that was running a Windows 2000 guest on a Linux host using VMware Player.

2. The Windows 2000 guest was suspended (ie "not" powered down) before it was backed up.

3. The Linux host lost power during upgrade and all a data was lost.

4. I'm trying to restore the Windows 2000 guest on a 64 bit machine running VMware Workstation 15.x but it can't open the file because Windows 2000 was suspended "not" powered down before it was backed up.

Solution: Install a 32 bit version of VMware on the old computer, load the backed up copy of the Windows 2000 guest, then properly power it down and save a copy.

Requirement: Where can I download a 32 bit version of VMware Player or VMware Workstation for Linux.

Note: VMware no longer supports 32 bit versions and has removed all downloads from its site. All searches either link to a blank page on the VMware site or only refer to versions for Windows hosts.

Solution 1:

You can try downloading old versions of VMware Player here:

http://www.oldversion.com/windows/vmware-player/

This is not a VMware site so I do not vouch for it.

VMware Player 5 is there - a number of old versions are there as well.

Old versions are not available from VMware.com. My own store of versions only goes back as far as version 14.

Also, to go back that far you may need to use VMware Workstation.

https://qabay.co/?utm_term=Vmware+workstation+32+bit+linux&lang=EN

Again, I do not vouch for old software. I am just trying to help you.

There are also old versions here:

https://www.ecityworks.com/vmware-workstation-old-version-download

Finally anything you wish to try with old versions of VMware can be done on a Windows host, so there is something here for you.