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Enabling a virtual hard disk from a virtual machine

Virtual hard disks are the disk partitions of virtual machines. They are stored as a file on the file system of your host operating system. Since an entire disk partition is saved as a file, it is easy to back up, move, and copy. You can even share virtual hard disks from a file server.

You add and remove virtual hard disks using the Configuration Editor. The content of a virtual hard disk may be stored in a file or in a set of existing (raw) disk partitions on a physical host hard disk. Normally a virtual machine has at least one virtual hard disk.

To add a virtual hard disk:

  1. Select File > Open and open the virtual machine configuration file (.cfg) you want to modify.
  2. Select Settings > Configuration Editor from Workstation.
  3. Click the + sign next to "IDE Drives" or "SCSI Drives".
  4. Select a device node where you want to create a virtual hard disk. For example, select the "P-M" node. If there is not currently a hard disk configured for that device node, the description reads "P-M Not Installed".
  5. Make a selection from the "Device Type" field:

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