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Importing a Boot Camp partition in VMware Fusion

Purpose

This article provides steps to import a Boot Camp partition into VMware Fusion.

An imported Boot Camp virtual machine has access to features that are not supported when booting directly from an existing Boot Camp partition (such as taking snapshots and the ability to suspend).

This process creates a copy of the physical disk and converts it to a virtual disk (.vmdk), leaving the original Boot Camp partition intact.

Resolution

To import a Boot Camp partition:
  1. Launch Fusion.
  2. From Fusion's menu bar, click Window > Virtual Machine Library.
  3. Ctrl-click the Boot Camp icon in the left column.
  4. Click Import.
  5. Enter an administrator username and password, then click Ok.
  6. When the Import Assistant launches, click Import.

    Note: The time it takes for the import process to complete depends on the size of your disk.
     
  7. When the import is completed, the newly created virtual machine appears in the Virtual Machine Library window.

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  • KB Article: 1015088
  • Updated: Oct 27, 2009
  • Products:
    VMware Fusion
  • Product Versions:
    VMware Fusion 1.x
    VMware Fusion 2.x
    VMware Fusion 3.x