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As you know, the guest OS in VMware actually is a integral OS with System File , Power Management, and etc. So, you should treat it like a real desktop OS with more flimsy stability! And please make sure you notice these operations below, otherwise, the guest OS would be damaged and not be able to start:
* When the guest OS is running, please do not click the 
button to shutdown it! That is dangerous!
Please use Start -> Shut Down -> “Shut Down” button in the guest OS to instead of it, except the guest OS cannot be shut down gracefully.
button to shutdown it! That is dangerous!
Please use Start -> Shut Down -> “Shut Down” button in the guest OS to instead of it, except the guest OS cannot be shut down gracefully.
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When the guest OS is running, please do not click the
menu item to reboot it! That is dangerous!
Please use Start -> Shut Down -> “Restart” button in the guest OS to instead of it.
menu item to reboot it! That is dangerous!
Please use Start -> Shut Down -> “Restart” button in the guest OS to instead of it.
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Before you shutdown or reboot the host OS, please confirm the guest OS in VMware are all in pause status or shutdown status. Otherwise, that is more dangerous!
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Please do not delete any file in the guest OS install directory.
2 Add devices to guest OS
Toward a guest OS in VMware, maybe you want to add additional devices into it, example a second hard disk, a Ethernet adapter and etc. And you can do all of these follow the steps below showing how to add a hard disk to a guest OS:
(1)
At first, please shutdown the guest OS which you will add a hard disk to.
(2)
Click the “” button.
” button.
(3)
Click the “” button.
” button.
(4)
Choose “Hard disk”, and click “”, and choose “” option in the next screen and click “”.
”, and choose “” option in the next screen and click “”.
(5)
Click “” using the default “Disk Type”.
” using the default “Disk Type”.
(6)
Then, input your hard disk capacity, you can click the “” option; so the hard disk for the guest OS will split into maximum 2GB files easy to save space in host system; and click “”.
” option; so the hard disk for the guest OS will split into maximum 2GB files easy to save space in host system; and click “”.
(7)
At last, you can input a vmware disk file name in the text box and choose it directory, and click “”
”
(8)
All done.
3 Block the network of your guest OS from the internet
As default, when you set up a new VM OS, the network of the OS is connected to the same network of the host system.
If you want to prevent the network of your guest OS from internet , and only visible to the host, you should do these :
(1)
If the guest OS is running, click the “” icon at the right and the bottom edge, and choose “”, click “OK”, it will work right now.
” icon at the right and the bottom edge, and choose “”, click “OK”, it will work right now.
(2)
If the guest OS is in stop status, click the “”, and do the same step above, click “OK”. When you start the guest OS, it will be effective.
”, and do the same step above, click “OK”. When you start the guest OS, it will be effective.
(3)
What’s more, maybe you should specify a ip to the guest OS manually. Because the guest OS can’t connect the DHCP server if you are using DHCP.
4 Some keyboard shortcuts
(1)
Release cursor from the guest OS: CTRL + ALT
(2)
In windows, please use CTRL + ALT + Insert instead of CTRL + ALT + Delete
(3)
Restore guest OS from maximum view: CTRL + ALT + Enter
