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Windows XP Professional.vmx
This is a configuration with two disk...
.encoding = "UTF-8" config.version = "8" virtualHW.version = "7" scsi0.present = "TRUE" memsize = "512" ide0:0.present = "TRUE" ide0:0.fileName = "Disk1.vmdk" ide1:0.present = "TRUE" ide1:0.fileName = "Disk2.vmdk" ide1:0.deviceType = "disk" floppy0.fileName = "A:" Ethernet0.present = "TRUE" Ethernet0.connectionType = "nat" displayName = "WinXP" guestOS = "winxppro" priority.grabbed = "normal" priority.ungrabbed = "normal" workingDir = "" ide0:0.redo = "" ethernet0.addressType = "generated" uuid.location = "56 4d 89 90 19 80 aa 49-2f 69 31 f8 fc 28 0c 14" uuid.bios = "56 4d 89 90 19 80 aa 49-2f 69 31 f8 fc 28 0c 14" ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:28:0c:14" ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0" ide1:1.present = "FALSE" ide1:1.fileName = "Z:" ide1:1.deviceType = "cdrom-raw" ide0:1.present = "TRUE" ide0:1.fileName = "auto detect" ide0:1.autodetect = "TRUE" ide0:1.deviceType = "cdrom-raw" virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted" pciBridge0.present = "TRUE" pciBridge4.present = "TRUE" pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21" pciBridge4.functions = "8" pciBridge5.present = "TRUE" pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22" pciBridge5.functions = "8" pciBridge6.present = "TRUE" pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23" pciBridge6.functions = "8" pciBridge7.present = "TRUE" pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24" pciBridge7.functions = "8" vmci0.present = "TRUE" mks.enable3d = "TRUE" ethernet0.linkStatePropagation.enable = "TRUE" checkpoint.vmState = "" ide0:1.startConnected = "TRUE" tools.syncTime = "FALSE" unity.wasCapable = "FALSE" vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728" pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17" scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16" ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32" vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "33" vmci0.id = "-507835991" gui.fullScreenAtPowerOn = "FALSE" gui.viewModeAtPowerOn = "windowed" usb.present = "TRUE" ehci.present = "TRUE" floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE" floppy0.present = "FALSE" usb.pciSlotNumber = "34" ehci.pciSlotNumber = "35" usb:0.present = "TRUE" usb:1.present = "TRUE" usb:1.deviceType = "hub" usb:0.deviceType = "mouse" hgfs.mapRootShare = "TRUE" hgfs.linkRootShare = "TRUE" isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "FALSE" sharedFolder.maxNum = "1" sharedFolder0.present = "TRUE" sharedFolder0.enabled = "TRUE" sharedFolder0.readAccess = "TRUE" sharedFolder0.writeAccess = "TRUE" sharedFolder0.hostPath = "/Arch" sharedFolder0.guestName = "Arch" sharedFolder0.expiration = "never" ethernet1.present = "FALSE" ethernet1.connectionType = "nat" ethernet1.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE" ethernet1.linkStatePropagation.enable = "TRUE" annotation = "This is basic WInXP Pro install..."
With a Second Host Only Network Interface
.encoding = "UTF-8" config.version = "8" virtualHW.version = "7" scsi0.present = "TRUE" memsize = "512" ide0:0.present = "TRUE" ide0:0.fileName = "LoadRunner.vmdk" ide1:0.present = "FALSE" ide1:0.fileName = "Z:" ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw" floppy0.fileName = "A:" Ethernet0.present = "TRUE" Ethernet0.connectionType = "hostonly" displayName = "LoadRunner" guestOS = "winxppro" priority.grabbed = "normal" priority.ungrabbed = "normal" workingDir = "" ide0:0.redo = "" ethernet0.addressType = "generated" uuid.location = "56 4d bd e7 b2 d5 b2 19-cc d3 e4 5e ba 50 02 6e" uuid.bios = "56 4d bd e7 b2 d5 b2 19-cc d3 e4 5e ba 50 02 6e" ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:50:02:6e" ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0" ide1:1.present = "FALSE" ide1:1.fileName = "Z:" ide1:1.deviceType = "cdrom-raw" ide0:1.present = "TRUE" ide0:1.fileName = "auto detect" ide0:1.autodetect = "TRUE" ide0:1.deviceType = "cdrom-raw" virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted" pciBridge0.present = "TRUE" pciBridge4.present = "TRUE" pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21" pciBridge4.functions = "8" pciBridge5.present = "TRUE" pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22" pciBridge5.functions = "8" pciBridge6.present = "TRUE" pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23" pciBridge6.functions = "8" pciBridge7.present = "TRUE" pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24" pciBridge7.functions = "8" vmci0.present = "TRUE" mks.enable3d = "TRUE" ethernet0.linkStatePropagation.enable = "TRUE" checkpoint.vmState = "" ide0:1.startConnected = "TRUE" tools.syncTime = "TRUE" unity.wasCapable = "FALSE" vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728" pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17" scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16" ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32" vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "33" vmci0.id = "-507835991" gui.fullScreenAtPowerOn = "FALSE" gui.viewModeAtPowerOn = "windowed" usb.present = "TRUE" ehci.present = "TRUE" floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE" floppy0.present = "FALSE" usb.pciSlotNumber = "34" ehci.pciSlotNumber = "35" usb:0.present = "TRUE" usb:1.present = "TRUE" usb:1.deviceType = "hub" usb:0.deviceType = "mouse" hgfs.mapRootShare = "TRUE" hgfs.linkRootShare = "TRUE" isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "FALSE" sharedFolder.maxNum = "1" sharedFolder0.present = "TRUE" sharedFolder0.enabled = "TRUE" sharedFolder0.readAccess = "TRUE" sharedFolder0.writeAccess = "TRUE" sharedFolder0.hostPath = "/Arch" sharedFolder0.guestName = "Arch" sharedFolder0.expiration = "never" ethernet1.present = "FALSE" ethernet1.connectionType = "nat" ethernet1.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE" ethernet1.linkStatePropagation.enable = "TRUE" annotation = "This is basic WInXP Pro SP3 install with - WinZip (8.1), AVG 8.5, Office2003, cygwin, tortoisesvn, IE8. [LoadRunner to be installed] LoadRunner to be installed!" usb.autoConnect.device0 = ""
Resizing Windows XP Disks in VMWare
Check out the following reference ... which describes how to mount the disk to be extended in another VM instance (as a second disk) and then start that instance and run the Windows tool, diskpart.exe, to extend the NTFS partition.