Hello Antonio, The explanations you have received with regard to the function of the VM Ware Tools is quite correct; in short, they provide an automatic way to allow the Mac hardware to be used by the virtual machine. One could ask why this is an option at all for why would one not wish this?
The answer is that there are some instances when such access is not required. Keep in mind that many IT professionals use virtual machines; VM Ware has to allow for all kinds of needs. It is the same with regard to word processors. Most people use only about 3% of the power of MS Office yet it has everything anyone could want in order to accommodate more advanced writers. As for your dilemma, without sighted assistance, I recommend the following: 1. If you think you have deleted your Windows 7 installation, assuming you have not emptied the Finder Trash, go to the Trash and undelete/restore the file. Please remember that regardless of its appearance, a virtual instance of anything is little more than a single file. 2. If possible, re-install VM Ware Fusion. This will not damage any instances of virtual machines. Good Luck, Mark On Jun 4, 2011, at 4:40 PM, Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr. wrote: > Hello all, > > I am running VMware Fusion with Windows 7 and have run into a problem where I > can not start windows. > > I used to be able to press an unlabled button, but now the button has > disappeared and was replaced with a text that says > > VMWare tool is not installed. Choose the virtual machine install vmware tools > menu. > > Also I may have accidentally removed windows 7 from my library. I don't know > what this means exactly. Just know I went changing things around in hopes to > fix something, and didn't think this would make things difficult especially > since there was no confirmation to remove windows 7 from my library. > > Could someone share what this VMWare tools means? > > Thanks, > > Antonio Guimaraes > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
