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Converting A VMware Image To A Physical Machine

1 Requirements To perform this procedure you will need: VMware Workstation, VMware Server or VMware Player. CloneZilla ISO image. Unpartitioned HDD with enough space to hold your VM image. 2 Preliminary Notes This tutorial assumes basic knowledge of the cloning process and requires no previous experience on the use of Clonezilla. Make sure your OS is not using in any way the target HDD that will hold your final copy of the VM, otherwise VMware will complain about your disk been in use and CloneZilla will not perform a successful copy of the VM. 3 VMware Configuration First thing is to make sure your virtual CD/DVD is using your CloneZilla ISO image to boot. Next add your physical HDD as part of your existing VM by clicking the Add button. Select Hard Drive and click Next . Select Use physical disk (for advanced users) then click Next . Make sure you select the correct drive that you want to use for your physical disk and select the option...