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Table Of Contents
- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
- Introduction
- System Requirements for VMware Fusion
- Supported Guest Operating Systems
- Installing or Upgrading VMware Fusion
- Starting VMware Fusion
- Creating Your Windows Virtual Machine with Windows Easy Install
- Creating a Virtual Machine from the Boot Camp Partition
- Using Mac Keyboards in a Virtual Machine
- Fixing Sound Problems in Virtual Machines Running Vista 32-Bit Edition
- Virtual Machines and System Images Compatible with VMware Fusion
- Quitting Your Virtual Machine
- Deleting a Virtual Machine
- Uninstalling VMware Fusion
- VMware Fusion Resources
- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
Getting Started y
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VMware Fusion installs Windows. This can take up to 45 minutes. After
installing Windows, VMware Fusion installs VMware Tools, and powers on
the virtual machine.
Creating a Virtual Machine from the Boot Camp
Partition
Boot Camp is Apple software that enables an Intel-based Mac to run Windows
XP and Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate (no
multi-disc versions). But Boot Camp requires you to choose between Mac or
Windows at boot time. Boot Camp creates separate Mac and Windows partitions
on your hard disk to create a dual-boot environment. You can use your Windows
XP or Windows Vista Boot Camp partition as a VMware Fusion virtual machine.
This enables you to
Use your Boot Camp virtual machine and your Mac without rebooting and
switching between them.
Share files easily between your Boot Camp virtual machine and your Mac,
through shared folders, and by dragging and dropping files or cutting and
pasting text.
N
OTE If VMware Tools is not installed, and you reactivate Windows in your Boot
Camp virtual machine, and subsequently boot your Boot Camp partition
natively, you will be prompted to reactivate Windows. Reactivating Windows in
your native Boot Camp partition will result in your Boot Camp virtual machine
requiring reactivation the next time you power it on, and so forth. Installing
VMware Tools solves this problem. If you have VMware Tools installed, you will
need to reactivate Windows only when you first power on your Boot Camp
virtual machine.