
Workstation User’s Manual
244 VMware, Inc.
To remove a virtual disk from a virtual machine
1 Selectthevirtualmachine.
2 ChooseVM>Settings.
3OntheHardwaretab,selectavirtualdiskandclickRemove.
Afteryouremovethediskfromthevirtualmachine,youcandoeitherofthefollowing:
Mapthedisktothehost.See“UsingaMappedDrive ”onpage 198.
Addthedisktoanothervirtualmachine.See“A dd anExistingVirtualDisktoa
VirtualMachine”onpage 243.
Using Physical Disks in a Virtual Machine
Youcaninstallaguestoperatingsystemdirectlyonanunusedphysicaldiskorunused
partition.However,anoperatingsysteminstalledinthissettingprobablycannotboot
outsideofthevirtualmachine,eventhoughthedataisavailabletothehost.
Forinformationaboutusinganoperatingsystemthatcanalsobootoutsideofthe
vi
rtualmachine,seetheVMwareDual‐BootComputersandVirtualMachinestechnical
noteontheVMwareWebsite.
Physicaldisksareanadvancedfeature.Donotconfigurethemunlessyouareanexpert
user.Touseaphysicaldiskinavirtualmachine,youcanaddthephysicaldi
sktoan
existingvirtualmachine,orcreateavirtualmachineandspecifywhichphysicaldisk
thevirtualmachineuses.
CAUTIONDonotuseaphysicaldisktosharefilesbetweenhostandguestoperating
systems.Itisnotsafetomakethesamepartitionvisibletobothhostandguest.Youcan
causedatacorruptionifyoudothis.Tosharefilesbetweenhostandguestoperating
systems,usesharedfolders.See“UsingSharedFol
ders”onpage 190.
NOTEUsingaphysicaldiskratherthanavirtualdiskisnotanappropriateoptionfor
avirtualmachineyouintendtodistributeasanACEinstance.
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