[ale] Using existing Windows partition in vmware

[jason.vinson at mindspring.com (Jason Vinson)]

Actually,  I have XP installed (a regular install, not a vmware image) 
on another disk, and I wanted to use that installation.  Is that possible?

Jason

 Dow Hurst wrote:

> Yep, just transfer the files that represent the vmware to the new 
> machine.  The only caveat is that the vmware installation is the same 
> version.  Otherwise, the windows install will complain about having to 
> install new drivers for new hardware.  Think of it as unplugging a win 
> based PC and moving it to another physical location in the same LAN.  
> The samba configs usually don't have to be changed either unless you 
> have a separate Samba server on the Linux workstation from the vmware 
> Samba server.
> Dow
>
>
> Jason Vinson wrote:
>
>> Has anyone successfully configured vmware to use an existing windows 
>> (xp) installation instead of using a new virtual install?  I don't 
>> want to pay for another install of windows when i can just use my 
>> existing install on another harddrive.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jason
>>
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