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Boot Camp partition, From the Virtual Machine Library window, select

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VMWARE FUSION Getting Started 16 To create a virtual machine from the Boot Camp partition 1 From the Virtual Machine Library window, select Boot Camp partition, which is automatically detected, and click Run. 2 Enter your Mac password to access the Boot Camp partition. You must have administrator privileges to use the Boot Camp as a virtual machine. VMware Fusion creates a virtual machine from your Boot Camp partition and starts Windows. 3 After Windows boots from your Boot Camp virtual machine, VMWare Fusion starts the installation of VMware Tools to enable full virtual machine functionality and optimize performance for your Boot Camp partition when used as a virtual machine. Follow the onscreen instructions and restart your virtual machine when prompted. 4 When the VMware Tools installation is complete, reboot your computer. The first time you power on your Boot Camp virtual machine after installing VMware Tools, you will need to reactivate Windows.

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VMWARE FUSION
Getting Started
16
To create a virtual machine from the Boot Camp partition
1
From the Virtual Machine Library window, select
Boot Camp partition
,
which is automatically detected, and click
Run
.
2
Enter your Mac password to access the Boot Camp partition.
You must have administrator privileges to use the Boot Camp as a virtual
machine. VMware Fusion creates a virtual machine from your Boot Camp
partition and starts Windows.
3
After Windows boots from your Boot Camp virtual machine, VMWare
Fusion starts the installation of VMware Tools to enable full virtual machine
functionality and optimize performance for your Boot Camp partition
when used as a virtual machine. Follow the onscreen instructions and
restart your virtual machine when prompted.
4
When the VMware Tools installation is complete, reboot your computer.
The first time you power on your Boot Camp virtual machine after installing
VMware Tools, you will need to reactivate Windows.