Question on VM Fusion

[ScottFitz]

So, I have a successful bootcamp install on my iMac and have recently up graded to Leopard.

If I want to use VM Fusion to get desktop access to my windows xp stuff, will I have to do a completely re-install of WinXP through VM Fusion, or can it just pull what it needs from my existing bootcamp install?

Thanks.

 

[TBi]

So, I have a successful bootcamp install on my iMac and have recently up graded to Leopard.

If I want to use VM Fusion to get desktop access to my windows xp stuff, will I have to do a completely re-install of WinXP through VM Fusion, or can it just pull what it needs from my existing bootcamp install?

Thanks.

You're right, it is a very lazy question. Mainly because the answer is so easy to get that you could have found it in the same time it took you to post a new thread.

You can use your bootcamp partition in fusion. It's one of the selling points.

 

[ScottFitz]

You're right, it is a very lazy question. Mainly because the answer is so easy to get that you could have found it in the same time it took you to post a new thread.

You can use your bootcamp partition in fusion. It's one of the selling points.

Actually, I did look around for a definitive answer but didnt' find one. Sure, I can use the partition, but do I need to reinstall Windows XP again to use that same partition with VM Fusion.

 

[webgoat]

no you do not need to reinstall windows... when you open vmware fusion it will automatically detect your boot camp partition and allow you to run it virtually

 

[kkat69]

Actually, I did look around for a definitive answer but didnt' find one. Sure, I can use the partition, but do I need to reinstall Windows XP again to use that same partition with VM Fusion.

I have to call BS. Quoted from the VMWare Fusion web page:

VMware Fusion makes it easy to install Windows as a virtual machine on your Intel-based Mac, and makes a perfect complement to Apple Boot Camp. Use your existing Boot Camp partition as a virtual machine, or use the built-in Windows Easy Install to install a fresh copy of Windows on a new virtual machine.

Here's the lazy link: http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/

Took me less than 40 secs to get that info btw.

 

[ScottFitz]

I have to call BS. Quoted from the VMWare Fusion web page:



Here's the lazy link: http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/

Took me less than 40 secs to get that info btw.

Feel free to call BS if you wish. I did not understand whether or not I needed to use the same windows xp disk and update a lot of files and such. Why? I can't find the disk.

Thanks for taking the time to answer this mac newbie's question.

 

[ScottFitz]

no you do not need to reinstall windows... when you open vmware fusion it will automatically detect your boot camp partition and allow you to run it virtually

Thanks. That's all I was asking. I'm not that up on what using the same partition means. I know a partition is a disk space, but it was the actual install that I was trying to figure out.