[轉貼]Mounting your VMDK disks directly to your windows box
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<div><br></div><div><h3 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.7em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 15px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -1px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">How to mount your VMDK hard disks easily?</h3><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">Vmware is using VMDK format for virtual disks. You might do not know that you can mount virtual disks (.VMDK) file directly to your windows explorer interface with a little software called <strong style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; ">VMware Disk Mount Utility.</strong></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">This utility can be downloaded from VMware.</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">I will show you how to do it but beforre let me tell you few things before you get started:</p><ul style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; margin-left: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; line-height: 1.3em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><li style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.1em; list-style-type: circle; "><div style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; ">You can make changes to your virtual disk vith Disk Mount Utility.</div></li><li style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.1em; list-style-type: circle; "><div style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; ">You cannot mount vmdk file when your VM is running or suspended.</div></li><li style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.1em; list-style-type: circle; "><div style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; ">If your VM has a snapshot, any changes you mad to your VMDK will be lost when your revert to the shapshot.</div></li><li style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.1em; list-style-type: circle; "><div style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; ">There is no official support from WMware for the disk mount utility.</div></li><li style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.1em; list-style-type: circle; "><div style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; ">On your windows host you have to mount the virtual disk as <strong style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; ">D:</strong> or greater.</div></li></ul><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><img src="http://www.vladan.fr/wp-content/uploads/images/zrtn_002p73518fdf_tn.jpg" alt="vmware-disk-mount-utility.jpg" width="346" height="122" border="0" style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: middle; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline; width: 323px; height: 124px; border-top-color: rgb(144, 144, 144); border-right-color: rgb(144, 144, 144); border-bottom-color: rgb(144, 144, 144); border-left-color: rgb(144, 144, 144); border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; "></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "> </p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><strong style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; ">Step by step how to use the VMware disk mount utility:</strong></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><strong style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; ">1.)</strong> Go to the <a href="http://www.vmware.com/download/eula/diskmount_ws_v55.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(41, 126, 185); ">VMware Disk Mount download page</a> and accept the EULA before you can download the software, then save it to your disk. (file is called VMware-mount-5.5.0-18463.exe )</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><strong style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; ">2.)</strong> Install the software, then open the command prompt window.</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><strong style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; ">3.)</strong> Type there: cd “\Program Files\VMware\VMware DiskMount Utility”</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><strong style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; ">4.)</strong> Then if you do not know any of the switches type: vmware-mount /?</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><a title="vmware-disk-mount-utility2.jpg" href="http://www.vladan.fr/wp-content/uploads/images/vmware_disk_mount_utility2.jpg" rel="fancybox" style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(41, 126, 185); "><img src="http://www.vladan.fr/wp-content/uploads/images/zrtn_005p1281fbf8_tn.jpg" alt="vmware-disk-mount-utility2.jpg" width="100" height="23" border="0" style="font-size: 1em; 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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(41, 126, 185); "><img src="http://www.vladan.fr/wp-content/uploads/images/zrtn_007n53e26cf9_tn.jpg" alt="vmware-disk-mount-utility3.jpg" width="100" height="40" border="0" style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: middle; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; "></a></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><strong style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; ">5.)</strong> Now let’s mount realy some disk… You must know the exact location of your virtual disk. In my exemple I have my VMDK files on different partition, because I separated the system and the data. So my vmdk files are at E:\VMs</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><strong style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; ">6.)</strong> So I type vmware-mount Z: “E:\VMs\2K3-R2-ENTSP2″ and press ENTER. (I want the VMDK file to appear as Z: )</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><strong style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; ">7.)</strong> If your disk has a snapshots you’ll have to answer if I want to proceed because any changes (if any) would be lost if I revert to the snapshot. I said yes.</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><a title="vmware-disk-mount-utility4.jpg" href="http://www.vladan.fr/wp-content/uploads/images/vmware_disk_mount_utility4.jpg" rel="fancybox" style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; 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vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><a title="vmware-disk-mount-utility6.jpg" href="http://www.vladan.fr/wp-content/uploads/images/vmware_disk_mount_utility6.jpg" rel="fancybox" style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(41, 126, 185); "><img src="http://www.vladan.fr/wp-content/uploads/images/zrtn_010n9a741e1_tn.jpg" alt="vmware-disk-mount-utility6.jpg" width="250" height="43" border="0" style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: middle; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; "></a></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">8.) To access the disk you do like you access any other hard disks or mapped network disks.</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><a title="vmware-disk-mount-utility11.jpg" href="http://www.vladan.fr/wp-content/uploads/images/vmware_disk_mount_utility11.jpg" rel="fancybox" style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(41, 126, 185); "><img src="http://www.vladan.fr/wp-content/uploads/images/zrtn_015p2089b757_tn.jpg" alt="vmware-disk-mount-utility11.jpg" width="250" height="43" border="0" style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: middle; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; "></a><br style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; ">9.) If you want to umount the volume just type: “vmware-mount.exe /d z:”</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><img src="http://www.vladan.fr/wp-content/uploads/images/zrtn_012p537337f_tn.jpg" alt="vmware-disk-mount-utility9.jpg" width="250" height="21" border="0" style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: middle; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-color: rgb(144, 144, 144); border-right-color: rgb(144, 144, 144); border-bottom-color: rgb(144, 144, 144); border-left-color: rgb(144, 144, 144); border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; "></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">As see, with this little utility you can easily and fast access your VMware Virtual Disks from your Windows box.</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">If you want to read more information on this utility, you can get a PDF here: <a href="http://www.vmware.com/pdf/VMwareDiskMount.pdf" target="_blank" style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(41, 126, 185); ">VMware disk mount utility online manual</a>.</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">If you want more informations how to do it in Linux, take a look at Accessing Virtual Hard Disks Outside of VMware on Linux.</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><strong style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; ">Now if you have VMware Workstation 6.5, you can do the same think :</strong></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><strong style="font-size: 1em; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; 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