I'm very impressed with VMware after getting things to work! This program seriously blows the competition away! Everything from it having the smoothest graphics, no bugs, and being the fastest has me in shock.
Last edited by HughShaw; 21 Nov 2009 at 06:52.
Yes, VMWare has been in the game a lot longer and that is pretty much the only thing they do..virtualization. While some of their commercial products do get expensive....the benefits and the functionality make it worth it. And their free offerings set the stage for the rest of the competition.
Are the contents of "Documents\Virtual Machines" all we'll need to for a backup in case I want to get the exact same setup on another computer?
Edit: For anybody deleting Windows XP Mode, make sure you save the base vhd file, because VMware needs it!
Last edited by HughShaw; 21 Nov 2009 at 06:52.
Yeah, I was just wondering what would happen if my hard drive crashed one day. Since I backup all my documents, would I be able to restore VMware XP Mode with all the same system settings and installations? (I do notice that the folder they store in documents has a vmx file which you can select when opening a virtual machine)
Hi there
glad you liked vmware
On vmware workstation there's an option to "Clone Virtual machine" but all that does is actually just copy the data files.
Remember as far as your HOST is concerned the data in the directory which you use to open / power on your Virtual machine is just that - DATA for the HOST.
If you back up that directory it's fine. I've copied VM's like that to USB sticks, external HDD's etc.
When you power on a VM you've moved or copied answer "I copied it" to the initial prompt.
BTW copying VM's etc should not ask for any activations again since these are "identical in every way" machines --true 100% clones.
Cheers
jimbo
I am very pleased with VMWare Player 3. I now have XP mode and Kubuntu 9.10 running as virtual machines on my Windows 7 64 bit and have had no problems with it. I installed VMWare tools on both systems. It does not seem too slow and is easy to use. Sound has reasonable quality (not as good as the host). I briefly tried Unity mode (with XP Mode) at it worked very well. Recommended.
Yes, just put your original base vhd file into your VMware folder. It would be something like \Documents\Virtual Machines\Windows XP Mode\. As for the key.txt file, I believe that it is stored in the original base vhd file.
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