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8OntheSpecifyDiskFilepage,acceptthedefaultfilenameandlocationorbrowse
toandselectadifferentlocationandclickFinish.
Thewizardcreatesthenewvirtualdisk.Itappearstoyourguestoperatingsystem
asanew,blankharddisk.
9Inthevirtualmachinesettingseditor, clickOK.
10
Usethegu
estoperatingsystemtoolstopartitionandformatthenewdriveforuse.
Add an Existing Virtual Disk to a Virtual Machine
Youcanreconnectanexistingvirtualdiskthatwasremovedfromavirtualmachine.
Workstation7.0virtualmachinescanuseupto4IDEdevicesandupto60SCSIdevices.
AnyofthesedevicescanbeavirtualorphysicalharddiskorDVDorCD‐ROMdrive.
Tomapanexistingvirtualdis
kdrivetoaWindowshostmachine,ratherthanadding
ittoavirtualmachine,see“UsingaMappedDrive”onpage 198.
To add an existing virtual disk to a virtual machine
1 Selectthevirtualmachine.
2 ChooseVM>Settings.
3OntheHardwaretab,clickAddtostarttheAddHardwarewizard.
4OntheHardwareTypepage,selectHa
rdDiskan
dclickNext.
5OntheSelectaDiskpage,selectUseanexistingvirtualdiskandclickNext.
6OntheSelectanExistingDiskpage,specifythepathnameandfilenameforthe
existingdiskfileandclickFinish.
7Inthevirtualmachinesettingseditor, clickOK.
Remove a Virtual Disk from a Virtual Machine
Removingavirtualdiskdisconnectsitfromavirtualmachine.Removingthevirtual
diskdoesnotdeletefilesfromthehostfilesystem.
Afteryouremovethediskfromthevirtualmachine,youcanmapormountittoahost
andcopydatafromtheguesttothehostwithoutpow
eringonthevi
rtualmachineor
startingWorkstation.
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