How to install Ghost XP in VMware

How to install Ghost XP in VMware to create an XP Virtual Machine image 1. Create a New Virtual Machine, open the menu File-New-VirtualMachine; 2. In the New Virtual Machine Wizard window, select the first item Typical, next; 3. Select the Installer disc image file (iso), click the Browser button, and find the iso installation image file of GhostXP, which is usually about MB; 4. Keep the default value, Next; 5. Keep the default value. Next; 6. Change the Location to disk D or disk E. You can continue to use the local operating system after reinstalling the disk. 7. Specify the disk size based on the actual situation, it will be easy to expand the hard disk in the future, but it is very difficult to reduce the size of the hard disk. If the disk is allocated 10 Gb, but the operating system is actually installed, it takes more than 1 GB of space for the physical hard disk, it does not reach 10 Gb, but with the use of virtual machine images, physical hard disk space will gradually increase. Next, let us choose whether to use the virtual machine's vmdk file storage as a single file or split it into files not greater than 2g. if the location partition selected in step 1 is fat32, We must select the second option, NTFS partition does not matter; www.2cto.com
8. Custom hardware. The default memory is 512 MB, which can be modified. We recommend that you do not exceed half of the actual memory, because the local virtual machine also consumes memory. Other hardware is ready for use, if you want to Add a hard disk or hardware, click the Add button below. Keep the default value without modification. 9. Click Finish. After the virtual machine image is created, it will be automatically started. After you select the GhostXP installation file, you can see the operating system installation menu, but do not rush to select the first option to install immediately, first, format the allocated hard disk. Otherwise, an error will be reported when you enter the Ghost program. Generally, the system installation disk has partition software. You can simply select the operation you are familiar with. PartitionMagic is recommended for easy graphical operation. Format Virtual Machine Hard Disk 1. Because I allocated 5 GB, the MB size is 5,117.9, 0 MB is used, 0 MB is not used, and the type is not allocated, right-click any location in the row and select [Create]. 2. The create split magnetic area window is displayed. Set to select the primary split magnetic area, and select NTFS for the split magnetic area type, others are maintained by default; www.2cto.com 3. If you want to partition the hard disk, you can adjust the size. Otherwise, pay attention to this setting. Right-click the setting and choose advanced settings. This option is very important, the installed XP can be started normally only when the hard disk is set to function. Otherwise, the operating system cannot be identified and it is installed in vain. 4. Click the execute button and exit the program, select the first option in the disk installation menu to start the installation of XP. The installation process is the same as that on the local machine and will not be repeated. The VMware application can be uninstalled without any need. You have to reinstall the operating system, but the virtual machine image directory can be deleted directly. If you do not need to unmount the virtual machine, the reserved image directory only occupies the hard disk space, it has no impact on the operating system. You can directly open the image even if you reinstall the system later.