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Table Of Contents
- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
- Introduction
- What You Can Do with VMware Fusion
- System Requirements for VMware Fusion
- Install or Upgrade VMware Fusion
- Start VMware Fusion
- Getting Up and Running
- Create a Windows Virtual Machine with Windows Easy Install
- Create a Virtual Machine from the Boot Camp Partition
- Import an Existing PC to a Virtual Machine
- Import an Existing Parallels Desktop or Microsoft Virtual PC 7.0 Virtual Machine
- Download a Virtual Appliance from the VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace
- Using Mac Keyboards in a Virtual Machine
- Correct Sound Problems in Virtual Machines Running Vista 32-Bit Edition
- Quit Your Virtual Machine
- VMware Fusion Resources
- Supported Guest Operating Systems
10 Getting Started with VMware Fusion
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Getting Up and Running
There are five ways to get up and running quickly with VMware Fusion:
Create a new Windows virtual machine.
Use an existing Boot Camp installation.
Import your existing Windows PC.
Import a Parallels Desktop or Microsoft Virtual PC virtual machine.
Download a preconfigured virtual appliance.
Create a Windows Virtual Machine with
Windows Easy Install
When you create a Windows virtual machine, you can use the
VMware Fusion Windows Easy Install feature to automatically install
Windows and VMware Tools in your virtual machine. VMware Fusion will
create your virtual machine, automatically select the default Windows
installation options, and install VMware Tools, which loads the drivers
required to optimize your virtual machine’s performance. You can also
choose to have Windows Easy Install automatically make your home folder
available to Windows as a shared folder, so you can share files between the
virtual machine and your Mac.
Windows Easy Install is available for the following Windows operating
systems:
Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server
If you are not using one of these Windows operating systems in your virtual
machine, or you want to install the operating system manually, see the
VMware Fusion Help for details on creating virtual machines.