Hi,
I'm just looking for use Bootcamp partition in VMware Fusion and I think I prefer importing as a new virtual machine the launching directly.
The question is if I do that what happens with the windows license, it will still available on the natively Bootcamp partition?
Thanks!
If you have two installations of Windows you'll need two licenses. Why would you want to keep two installations? How will you sync them? Just use your Boot Camp installation as the target OS for Fusion and you'll have one installation of Windows that will be the same whether you boot it natively or access it through your VM.
If you have two installations of Windows you'll need two licenses. Why would you want to keep two installations? How will you sync them? Just use your Boot Camp installation as the target OS for Fusion and you'll have one installation of Windows that will be the same whether you boot it natively or access it through your VM.
Yes the license is still good because you only have a single installation of Windows. I think the Fusion or Parallels site explains that in more detail.
I'm launching it from within Fusion. Fusion just sees it as a VM. Changes you make in a Windows program running in Fusion are also there if you boot directly into Windows. There is only one installation of Windows so changes made from withing Booty Camp ir within Fusion are made to the same Windows installation.
I am and doing so legally. Why can't you?
You install Windows using Boot Camp. You then in your VM use the Boot Camp installation of Windows as the target OS. You then only have one installation of Windows but are accessing it in two different ways, booting directly or using the VM.
Ok thanks, and in this article says
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1014515
VMware Fusion has two ways of working with an already-installed Boot Camp partition:
• Launch it directly.
• Import it, which copies an existing Boot Camp partition into an independent virtual machine.
Wich one are you using?
Sorry, I can work with both native Bootcamp and VMware Bootcamp with only one license?
Ah ok ok, that I want is to have it as a bootcamp imported virtual Machine not a link of the original and I don’t know what happens with the license in this case...
Thanks Loner T and BobTheFisherman, I tink like you than the direct launch will be better and only thinked in a VM for the possibility of the snapshots...
You can always do backups of Windows to an external NTFS disk/partition using Windows Backup/File History.
If you import BC partition as a standalone VM installation on it's own Virtual disk, you will need a second license. Be aware that Windows allows you a 'primary' and 'backup installation'.
Also, unless you requirements are specific to keep the two Windows installations separate, there is not much benefit in such a configuration.
Bootcamp in VMware import option
