Hello
What versionofVMwarevCenterconverterare you using? Version 5.1allows you to convertGPTdisks.
Butif you hadtrouble makingthe conversionyou could alsodo itthe traditional wayasinphysicalenvironments, ie make aghostoracronisimage withanexternalusbhard diskor otherpath andrestore iton thevirtualmachine.
Regards,