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Chapter 6 Creating a Virtual Machine from a System Image or Another Virtual Machine
Import a Windows XP Mode Virtual Machine
WhenyouimportaWindowsXPModevirtualmachine,Workstationcreatesalinked
clonefromtheparentvirtualmachine.Youcannotusethelinkedcloneifyoudeletethe
parentWindowsXPModevirtualmachine.Formoreinformationoncloning,see
“CloningaVirtualMachine”onpage 219.
Changesmadetotheorig
inalWindowsXPModevirtual machinethroughVirtualPC
donotaffectthevirtualmachineimportedinVMwareWorkstation.Beforeyoubegin,
makesureyoucompletethefollowingtasks:
Reviewtherestrictionsandrequirementsforsourceanddestinationvirtual
machinesandimportingfromdifferentsources.See“SupportedSourceMachines”
onpage 135and“SupportedDestinations”onpage 140.
YoumusthaveWindows7Professional,Enterprise,orUltimateversionof
operatingsystemrunningonyourhost.WindowsXPModedoesnotworkon
unsupportedhosts.
DownloadandinstalltheWindowsXPModevirtualmachine.
To import a Windows XP Mode virtual machine
SelectFile>ImportWindowsXPModeVM.
Avirtualmachineiscreatedinthedefaultvirtualmachinedirectory.Youcanpoweron
onlyoneWindowsXPModevirtualmachineatatime.
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