Extending VMWare disk corrupted it.

I expanded a VMWare workstation 7.1.6 virtual disk  using VMWare expand tool (the VM was shutdown).  Disk was the "C:" partition for Windows Server 2003 SP2 x86 and was the one and only drive for that VM.  VM has no snapshots.  I then added the vmdk file as  another disk on a running VM (windows server 2008x64 R2), ran the command line DISKPART utility, selected the  expanded disk volume and extended it.  I then removed the VMDK from the running  VM.  When I try to reboot the original VM with it's now expanded and extended vmdk file,  the boot hangs just after the BIOS completes.  I tried removing the disk from this VM and re-adding it.

I have previously expanded  and extended this VMDK file and not had a problem.  The difference was that this  time I added the VMDK to a running VMware machine to do the "DISKPART"  extension, and the OS on the VM used to run "diskpart" was Server 2008 vs. 2003 on the vmdk file.  At no time did VMWare say "don't do this".  None of the VMs used have any snapshots.  Obviously the vmdk file in question has the windows page file on it.

After the disk refused to boot I mounted it to a different (shutdown VM), booted that and ran "chkdsk /f" on the volume.  No problems, no errors.

I really need this  VMWare image repaired.  Thanks in advance.