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To remove a virtual disk from a virtual machine

1 Selectthevirtualmachine.

2 ChooseVM>Settings.

3OntheHardwaretab,selectavirtualdiskandclickRemove.

Afteryouremovethediskfromthevirtualmachine,youcandoeitherofthefollowing:

 Mapthedisktothehost.See“UsingaMappedDrive ”onpage 198.

 Addthedisktoanothervirtualmachine.See“A dd anExistingVirtualDisktoa

VirtualMachine”onpage 243.

Using Physical Disks in a Virtual Machine

Youcaninstallaguestoperatingsystemdirectlyonanunusedphysicaldiskorunused

partition.However,anoperatingsysteminstalledinthissettingprobablycannotboot

outsideofthevirtualmachine,eventhoughthedataisavailabletothehost.

Forinformationaboutusinganoperatingsystemthatcanalsobootoutsideofthe

rtualmachine,seetheVMwareDual‐BootComputersandVirtualMachinestechnical

noteontheVMwareWebsite.

Physicaldisksareanadvancedfeature.Donotconfigurethemunlessyouareanexpert

user.Touseaphysicaldiskinavirtualmachine,youcanaddthephysicaldi

sktoan

existingvirtualmachine,orcreateavirtualmachineandspecifywhichphysicaldisk

thevirtualmachineuses.

CAUTIONDonotuseaphysicaldisktosharefilesbetweenhostandguestoperating

systems.Itisnotsafetomakethesamepartitionvisibletobothhostandguest.Youcan

causedatacorruptionifyoudothis.Tosharefilesbetweenhostandguestoperating

systems,usesharedfolders.See“UsingSharedFol

ders”onpage 190.

NOTEUsingaphysicaldiskratherthanavirtualdiskisnotanappropriateoptionfor

avirtualmachineyouintendtodistributeasanACEinstance.

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