First, full disclosure, I haven't run VmWare in ages (2.x) - I don't have fast enough hardware for it.  But you do not need to reinstall VmWare.  You need one virtual disk (including some small representative if you are guesting an OS already installed on its own partition in a dual boot configuration) file for each guest OS.  If one becomes unusable, you can just delete it and recreate it.  I don't know what you mean by "all only done once in vmware first run"; if you've been running VmWare for 6 months and want to add a new guest OS, you'll need to create a new virtual disk for it.  So it is not something you do just once.  You only need to set up a specific guest OS only once, and can then run it over and over again.
 
This discussion has gotten off the Mandrake theme.  I'd suggest you repost over on a VmWare forum.  I'd also agree with Stephen, be **very** careful about guesting OSes installed in other partitions on multi-boot systems.  Back when I used VmWare, this wasn't even supported due to the many risks (like completely hosing your guest OS because you make the very easy mistake of accessing the guest OS file system from your host OS - very difficult rule to remember to follow.)  Good luck.
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Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Guest OS in vmware

Guy:
Yes i want to use my existing win2k inside a virtual machine. In the vmware site they tells you that .vmdk all only done once in vmware first run. I think a cancelled this operation. Maybe i must reinstall vmware (NO!)...
 
Any sugestion? 
 
Cumprimentos,
 
Filipe - Portugal

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