lorax - 5:17 pm on Dec 20, 2002 (gmt 0)

I had all sorts of trouble with VMWare. It helps to have someone familiar with how the software works to accomplish what you want to do. Especially if you want to do something slightly out of the ordinary - like access a Win formatted HD.

I set my installation up this way - figured if VMWare bombed, I could always boot up the Win drive under the Windows OS. In theory it's realatively easy but in practice it's also easy to set it up wrong - which is what I did. I couldn't access the drive when I tried to boot it up alone. VMWare made some changes to the MBR which made it impossible to boot without VMWare.

Suffice it to say I was nonplussed and stopped using thier product a year ago.

I know other folks that have had good luck with their product but do yourself a favor and get someone familiar with the setup to help you if you go this route.