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Table Of Contents
- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
- Contents
- Getting Started with VMware Fusion
- About VMware Fusion
- VMware Fusion Capabilities
- System Requirements for VMware Fusion
- Install VMware Fusion
- Upgrading VMware Fusion
- Start VMware Fusion
- Getting Up and Running
- Supported Guest Operating Systems
- Using Mac Keyboards in a Virtual Machine
- Suspend and Resume a Virtual Machine
- Take Advantage of VMware Fusion Online Resources
- Index
Getting Up and Running
You can use one of the following methods to start using VMware Fusion quickly:
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Create a Virtual Machine Using Windows Easy Install and an Installation CD on page 10
When you create a Microsoft Windows virtual machine, you can use the VMware Fusion Windows
Easy Install feature to install the Windows operating system you supply and to install VMware Tools
in your virtual machine.
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Power On the Boot Camp Partition as a Virtual Machine on page 11
You can use the contents of your Boot Camp partition at the same time that you are running your Mac
operating system. To do so, you use VMware Fusion to power on the Boot Camp partition as a virtual
machine.
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Import a Parallels or Virtual PC Virtual Machine on page 12
You can import existing third-party virtual machines and run them in VMware Fusion.
Create a Virtual Machine Using Windows Easy Install and an Installation CD
When you create a Microsoft Windows virtual machine, you can use the VMware Fusion Windows Easy
Install feature to install the Windows operating system you supply and to install VMware Tools in your
virtual machine.
Prerequisites
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Insert the operating system installation CD into your Mac.
IMPORTANT VMware Fusion does not include any operating systems to install in virtual machines that you
create. You must obtain the operating system and any necessary product keys.
Procedure
1 Select File > New.
The Create a New Virtual Machine assistant starts.
2 Click Install from disc or image.
3 Select the disc you inserted into the Mac from the list and click Continue.
If the disc does not appear in the list, click Use another disc or disc image and browse to the location of
the disc.
4 In the Windows Easy Install panel, select Use Easy Install.
5 Enter your Display Name or Account Name, Password (optional), and Windows Product key.
For Windows XP and earlier, the entry in the Display Name field appears in Info windows as the name
your Windows software is registered to. It is not the Windows user name.
The entry in the Password field is the password for the Windows administrator account only. VMware
does not provide the product key. The product key is on the sticker attached to the packaging for the
Windows operating system CD-ROM.
6 Click Continue.
Getting Started with VMware Fusion
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