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Use an Existing Virtual Disk, Windows Easy Install

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VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 14 „ Split disk into 2GB files - Select this option if your virtual machine will be used in a hard drive with a file system that does not support files larger than 2GB. „ Use an Existing Virtual Disk - Select this option to use an existing virtual disk. Enter the existing virtual disk (.vmdk) file, including the path, or click Choose to browse for the file. 6 In the Windows Easy Install panel, select Use Easy Install. a Enter your Name, Password (optional) and Windows Product key. The entry in the Name field is displayed in information boxes as the name your Windows software is registered to. It is not the Windows user name. The entry in the Password field is the password for the windows administrator account only. The Product key is not provided by VMware. It is on the sticker attached to the packaging for the Windows operating system CD-ROM. b Select Make your home folder accessible to the virtual machine to have Windows Easy Install configure your home folder as a shared folder, so you can share files between the virtual machine and your Mac. c Select whether the virtual machine can Read only or Read & Write. 7 In the Finish panel: a Leave the option Start virtual machine and install operating system now selected. b If you are installing Windows from an installation disc, put the disc in your Mac CD/DVD drive and select the option Use operating system installation disc. If you are installing from a disc image file, select the option Use operating system installation disc image file, and browse to the file.

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VMWARE FUSION
Getting Started
14
Split disk into 2GB files
– Select this option if your virtual machine
will be used in a hard drive with a file system that does not support
files larger than 2GB.
Use an Existing Virtual Disk
– Select this option to use an existing
virtual disk. Enter the existing virtual disk (.vmdk) file, including the
path, or click
Choose
to browse for the file.
6
In the
Windows Easy Install
panel, select
Use Easy Install.
a
Enter your
Name
,
Password
(optional) and
Windows
Product key
.
The entry in the
Name
field is displayed in information boxes as the
name your Windows software is registered to. It is not the Windows
user name. The entry in the
Password
field is the password for the
windows administrator account only. The Product key is not provided
by VMware. It is on the sticker attached to the packaging for the
Windows operating system CD-ROM.
b
Select
Make your home folder accessible to the virtual machine
to
have Windows Easy Install configure your home folder as a shared
folder, so you can share files between the virtual machine and your
Mac.
c
Select whether the virtual machine can
Read only
or
Read & Write
.
7
In the
Finish
panel:
a
Leave the option
Start virtual machine and install operating
system now
selected.
b
If you are installing Windows from an installation disc, put the disc in
your Mac CD/DVD drive and select the option
Use operating system
installation disc
.
If you are installing from a disc image file, select the option
Use
operating system installation disc image file
, and browse to the
file.