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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
12 Getting Started with VMware Fusion
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Create a Virtual Machine from the Boot Camp
Partition
Boot Camp is Apple software that enables an Intel-based Mac to run
Windows XP (32-bit only) and 32- and 64-bit Windows Vista. 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 to
switch 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.
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 the run arrow.
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.
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.