Boot a VMWare Workstation Virtual Machine from USB Drive
1. Prepare
- WIN81 : a VMWare Workstation Virtual Machine running OS Windows 81
- A Bootable USB Flash Device (16G)
2. Step by step : Boot WIN81 Virtual Machine from USB Drive
- HOST installed VMWare Workstation : Check USB Device
+ CMD - Diskpart - list disk === Disk 4
- VMWare Workstation : Settings boot from USB Drive
+ VM tab - Settings... - Add... - Hard Disk - Choose SCSI
- Choose "Use a physical disk (for advanced users)" - Device : PhysicalDrive4 - Finish - OK
+ Power on WIN81 - Press F2 - Boot tab - Hard Drive - Press Enter
- Choose "VMware Virtual SCSI Hard Drive (0:1)"- Press "+" to fist boot
- Press F10 to save - Yes - Restart === Boot from USB Device === OK
