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Settings for Snapshots ________________________________________157

Removing the Snapshot ______________________________________157

Snapshots and Legacy Disk Modes ______________________________158

Snapshots and Repeatable Resume ______________________________158

Snapshots and Legacy Virtual Machines __________________________158

Using Disks in a Virtual Machine ________________________________ 161

Configuring Hard Disk Storage in a Virtual Machine ____________________162

Disk Types: Virtual and Physical _________________________________162

Additional Information about Disk, Redo-Log, Snapshot

and Lock Files _______________________________________________ 165

Defragmenting and Shrinking Virtual Disks ________________________168

Configuring Optical and Floppy Drives ______________________________171

Configuring Virtual DVD-ROM and CD-ROM Drives __________________171

Configuring Virtual Floppy Drives _______________________________175

Adding Drives to a Virtual Machine ________________________________177

Adding Virtual Disks to a Virtual Machine _________________________177

Adding Physical Disks to a Virtual Machine ________________________184

Adding DVD-ROM or CD-ROM Drives to a Virtual Machine ____________187

Adding Floppy Drives to a Virtual Machine ________________________189

Using VMware Virtual Disk Manager ________________________________191

Running the VMware Virtual Disk Manager Utility ___________________192

Shrinking Virtual Disks with VMware Virtual Disk Manager ____________195

Examples Using the VMware Virtual Disk Manager __________________195

Configuring a Dual-Boot Computer for Use with a Virtual Machine ________198

Configuring Dual- or Multiple-Boot Systems to Run

with GSX Server _____________________________________________200

Setting Up Hardware Profiles in Virtual Machines ___________________206

Running a Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Server 2003

Virtual Machine from an Existing Multiple-Boot Installation ___________210

Setting Up the SVGA Video Driver for a Windows 95

Guest Operating System Booted from a Physical Disk ________________210

Setting Up the SVGA Video Driver for Use with a Windows 98

Guest Operating System Booted from a Physical Disk ________________211

Do Not Use Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003

Dynamic Disks as Physical Disks _________________________________213

Configuring Dual- or Multiple-Boot SCSI Systems to Run

with VMware GSX Server on a Linux Host _________________________214