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Click on the checkbox of version. The version checkbox shows whether you want to install 32bits or 64bits. Select it according to your need. If you are unsure of the version of Windows 7 you are running, you can obtain this information by clicking the Start button and browsing to the Computer heading on the right, right-clicking and selecting Properties.
The System window will open, and you can find what version of Windows 7 you are running and whether it is 32 or 64 bit.
Click it, and save the file to a convenient place when prompted. It will crash often, particularly when saving snapshots luckily it will save them before crashing. These problems seem to go away once everything is patched and as up to date as possible.
The latest version you can install is Repeat this several times and it will eventually get to The Conversion wizard is a four-step procedure during which you'll choose from a set of configuration options.
Let's take a closer look. In Step 3, there are two key sections in which you'll need to pay special attention. You can just leave the default settings for the rest. In the Devices section, you'll specify the amount of RAM to set aside for your virtual machine. You'll want to specify at least the same amount of RAM that is in the physical machine, but you can specify more depending on how much RAM is in your Windows 7 system.
To install the VMware Player, just copy the executable file to your Windows 7 system and run it. After you deal with the UAC, the installation procedure, which uses a straightforward wizard interface, is a relatively quick six-step operation. When it is complete, you will have to restart your system. As soon as your Windows 7 restarts, you can copy the virtual machine to a folder of your choice.
Since I created the virtual machine on an external drive, I just connected the drive to my Windows 7 system and copied the Saturn VM folder, which contained two files, to the Documents Library. In my case, the two files were the virtual machine file Saturn VM. The first time you launch VMware Player, you may encounter warning messages about drives that were part of your old physical system that are not part of your new system.
You can just bypass messages for the time being. You can later disable the missing drives. You'll also be prompted to download and install VMware Tools. These tools will provide you with all sorts of features that will make running your Windows XP installation as a virtual machine much more convenient. So go ahead and download and install them.
For example, the VMware Tools provides better graphics performance, support for shared folders, drag-and-drop operations, automatic grabbing and releasing of the mouse cursor, copying and pasting between guest and host, and more.
Will you use this technique to virtualize your Windows XP system? As always, if you have comments or information to share about this topic, please take a moment to drop by the TechRepublic Community Forums and let us hear from you.
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