Download VMware Workstation 4 User`s Manual

Updating Filenames for Virtual Disks Created with Earlier VMware Products __
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Defragmenting and Shrinking Virtual Disks _______________________ 154
Adding Drives to a Virtual Machine ________________________________ 156
Adding Virtual Disks to a Virtual Machine _________________________ 156
Adding Raw Disks to a Virtual Machine___________________________ 157
Adding DVD or CD Drives to a Virtual Machine ____________________ 161
Adding Floppy Drives to a Virtual Machine________________________ 162
Connecting a CD-ROM or Floppy Drive to an Image File _____________ 163
Using VMware Virtual Disk Manager _______________________________ 165
Running the VMware Virtual Disk Manager Utility __________________ 166
Shrinking Virtual Disks with VMware Virtual Disk Manager ____________ 168
Examples Using the VMware Virtual Disk Manager__________________ 169
Configuring a Dual-Boot Computer for Use with a Virtual Machine _______ 172
Configuring Dual- or Multiple-Boot Systems to Run with VMware
Workstation________________________________________________ 174
Setting Up Hardware Profiles in Virtual Machines ___________________ 180
Running a Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 Virtual
Machine from an Existing Multiple-Boot Installation ________________ 183
Setting Up the SVGA Video Driver for a Windows 95 Guest Operating
System Booted from a Raw Disk ________________________________ 184
Setting Up the SVGA Video Driver for Use with a Windows 98 Guest
Operating System Booted from a Raw Disk _______________________ 185
Do Not Use Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
Dynamic Disks as Raw Disks ___________________________________ 187
Configuring Dual- or Multiple-Boot SCSI Systems to Run with VMware
Workstation on a Linux Host ___________________________________ 187
Installing an Operating System onto a Raw Partition from a Virtual Machine 193
Configuring a Windows Host __________________________________ 193
Configuring a Linux Host _____________________________________ 196
Disk Performance in Windows NT Guests on Multiprocessor Hosts _______ 198
Improving Performance ______________________________________ 198
Preserving the State of a Virtual Machine ________________________
Using Suspend and Resume _____________________________________
Using the Snapshot ____________________________________________
What Is Captured by the Snapshot? _____________________________
Settings for the Snapshot _____________________________________
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