VMware (Virtual Machine, Windows ME Installations)

Installing Windows Me

Be sure to read “General Installation Instructions for All VMware Products” on page 14 and this section before installing this operating system.

You can install Windows Millennium Edition in a virtual machine using the standard Windows Me CD. If your VMware product supports it, you can also install from a PXE server.

Fulfill these prerequisites before installing Windows Me:
 Create and configure a new virtual machine.

Installation Steps

1 Insert the Windows Me CD in the CD‐ROM drive.
2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows Me.
3 Choose to boot from CD‐ROM, and then select the option Start Windows Me Setup from CD‐ROM.     The setup program runs FDISK and reboots.
4 Once again, choose to boot from CD‐ROM, and then select the option Start Windows Me Setup from
CD‐ROM. The setup program continues installing Windows Me.
5 Follow the Windows Me installation steps as you would for a physical machine.

VMware Tools

Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system. For an overview of VMware Tools and for a listing of the manuals that contain instructions for installing VMware Tools in your guest, see knowledge base article 340 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/340.