Comments on: How to Install Windows 7 on Windows XP & Vista Using Vmware Player, A Complete Guide

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:03:23 +0000

Excellent work.
Thank you very much!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:32:19 +0000

>I have created virtual disk of size 10GB & divided into
>2GB files using Vmware-vdiskmanager comes with Vmware
>workstation, Reason of doing this is that Windows XP doesn’t
>support files larger then 2 GB because of addressing issue.

I have Windows XP SP2 and have many files >2GB, even a couple 40+ GB. Are you using NTFS?

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By: CharlieB.

CharlieB. — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:44:11 +0000

no thanks. too much for test this “new kid”
better , purchase a spare HD for a few bucks and then install the thing on it. after some hours playing, return to your production machine. whatever OS it is now.

cheers.

By: koullis81

koullis81 — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:53:35 +0000

i am trying to create a disk with 2gb but the files of virtual empty disk not appear

By: rangga aditya

rangga aditya — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:16:17 +0000

wow… sorry. wrong language….
I really want to ask about this vmware player 2.01 which I use. I tried to install ubuntu on it but why it wont show any response after I open the vmx file for ubuntu? then I’ve tried press F2 so that the vmware player would boot via dvd but still o response. and i tried to close the application but the vmware said it was busy so i have to use end task. what’s with this vmware player? anyone can help me? i really want to try linux. i’m a newbie in this….

By: KEITH

KEITH — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:35:20 +0000

WOULD THIS APPLIED IF I WANTED TO INSTALL XP ON VMWARE WITH THE CURRENT OS BEING WIN 7 BETA AND WHAT ARE THE STEPS TO INSTALL I TRY TO BUT , WHEN I START VM WARE DESTOP I GET

” NAVAGATION WEBPAGE WAS CANCELLED ” CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS ITS DRIVING ME CRAZY!

By: KlaassieM

KlaassieM — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:30:27 +0000

My host system is Vista.
I did have the same problem with the messages:
No bootable device was detected
PXE-E53:No boot filename received
PXE-M0F:Exiting Intel PXE ROM
Operating System not found

Solution for me was to change the following in the vmx file:
ide1:0.startConnected = “TRUE”

When Windows7 was installed, I did not get the ethernet adapter working. The tip from DNOIZ was the golden one for me, Thanks a lot!!!
(change LAN interface to ethernet0.virtualdev = “e1000?)

By: Yuri Bikov

Yuri Bikov — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:49:13 +0000

Hello
When I try to install windows 7 build 7048 iso on my laptop which has XP Pro installed using the VMware player by following the instructions and using the pre-configured windows7.vmx file and a windows7.vmdk 10G file created with Qemu I get the following fault messages :
No bootable device was detected
PXE-E53:No boot filename received
PXE-M0F:Exiting Intel PXE ROM
Operating System not found
I am sure that the windows 7 iso is ok as I can start to install it using an the iso on a 4.7Gb R/W disk.
Is this fault due to me having as SATA hard drive instead of an EIDE hard drive?
Hope someone can assist me as I am new to VMware products.
Many Thanks

By: Max

Max — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:14:09 +0000

Installed vmware tools using VMware workstation and the network card no work, doesn’t seem to want to work

How does one install vmware tools so that the card works properly

I tried setting the base O/S to Win Server 2k8 and I got the sound card working, tried setting the base O/S to Windows Vista and no luck

I am running vmware workstation 6.5.1 build 126130

Thnx for your help :)