Window xp installed through vmware fusion on a mac?

Question

I have a window xp cd that I plan to install on a mac through vmware fusion. I was wondering if the partition process actually affects my mac or the process is done through the vmware fussion and I will not have my Mac partition of gbs.

Answer 1

Good question.

When you are installing through Vmware, it doesn't partition your drive at all. What it does do, is create an artificial hard drive which is essentially a file that houses the contents of the Windows hard drive.  

But Vmware is clever. If you decide to have a 40GB hard drive for your virtual windows machine, then it doesn't make a huge 40GB file which would suck up lots of space on your hard drive. It starts with a small expanding file that gets bigger as windows uses more... it just tells the windows virtual machine that it has a 40GB hard drive attached and then makes the space when it needs it.

So the short answer - vmware doesn't partition your drive at all - no need to worry!