VMWare Player & Old VMs

[mubs]

I was using VMWare Workstation 4.5.3 in XP to run a legacy app in a W98 virtual machine.

Any idea if this VM will work in VMWare Player under Win7-64 and the latest version of Player: 5.0.0-812388 ?

Will I be able to modify Win98 settings inside the VM under Player?

Thanks.

 

[Chewy509]

It'll work fine... (You may need to export the VM in the old version and import in the new one, rather than a direct copy of the environment).

 

[mubs]

Thanks Chewy. Exporting it is going to be a pain since my old system is dead. I'll have to install VMW 2.0, upgrade to version 3, then upgrade to version 4, then export it.

If I can get away with just importing, I'm good.

 

[ddrueding]

I don't even think you'll need to import to make it work. With all that hassle I'd just run it.

 

[Howell]

Make a copy and give it a shot. Boot into safe mode and uninstall the vm tools to be safest.

 

[mubs]

Thanks guys.