Specifications

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Using Disks in a Virtual Machine
The following sections provide information on configuring your virtual machine’s hard
disk storage so the virtual disk best meets your needs:
• Configuring Hard Disk Storage in a Virtual Machine on page 162
• Configuring Optical and Floppy Drives on page 171
• Adding Drives to a Virtual Machine on page 177
• Using VMware Virtual Disk Manager on page 191
• Configuring a Dual-Boot Computer for Use with a Virtual Machine on page 198
• Installing an Operating System onto a Physical Partition from a Virtual Machine
on page 220
• Disk Performance in Windows NT Guests on Multiprocessor Hosts on page 225