Install Windows 7 in a virtual machine using the corresponding Windows 7 distribution CD.
Before you begin, verify that the following tasks are complete:
Read “General Guidelines for Supported Guests” on page.
Create and configure a new virtual machine.
Virtual machine. 1GB or more of RAM for 32‐bit guests and 2GB or more of RAM for 64‐bit guests.
Installation Steps
1. Insert the Windows 7 CD or DVD in the CD‐ROM drive.
2. Turn on the virtual machine to begin installing Windows 7.
3. (Optional) If you are using VMware Paravirtual as the default SCSI controller, you can install Windows 7 32‐bit using pvscsi-windows2003.flp driver and Windows 7 64‐bit using pvscsi-windows2008.flp driver.
4. Follow the prompts to complete the installation.
5. Install VMware Tools.
6. (Optional) On VMware Fusion, install Boot Camp drivers so that the guest operating system can access hardware devices on the physical machine.
Windows 7 32‐ bit supports only Boot Camp 3 drivers and Windows 7 64‐bit requires Boot Camp drivers to be installed individually.
Refer to knowledge base article 1012885 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1012885 for more information.
Before you begin, verify that the following tasks are complete:
Read “General Guidelines for Supported Guests” on page.
Create and configure a new virtual machine.
Virtual machine. 1GB or more of RAM for 32‐bit guests and 2GB or more of RAM for 64‐bit guests.
Installation Steps
1. Insert the Windows 7 CD or DVD in the CD‐ROM drive.
2. Turn on the virtual machine to begin installing Windows 7.
3. (Optional) If you are using VMware Paravirtual as the default SCSI controller, you can install Windows 7 32‐bit using pvscsi-windows2003.flp driver and Windows 7 64‐bit using pvscsi-windows2008.flp driver.
4. Follow the prompts to complete the installation.
5. Install VMware Tools.
6. (Optional) On VMware Fusion, install Boot Camp drivers so that the guest operating system can access hardware devices on the physical machine.
Windows 7 32‐ bit supports only Boot Camp 3 drivers and Windows 7 64‐bit requires Boot Camp drivers to be installed individually.
Refer to knowledge base article 1012885 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1012885 for more information.