Guide on how to run the BMW Repair Manual on a computer using VMWare Server 2.x

Install BMW Repair-manual with VMWare server
First some information about the VMWare software: VMWare server installs a Virtual system onto your computer. Think about it this way. You have a PC running Windows XP. You can then install a Virtual system onto your system running Windows 2000. When you start the ‘virtual computer’ using VMWare Server you have a second system which you can configure in a way undepending of the physical machine it is running on.

For example:
Physical machine: 2.13Ghz, 2GB ram
Virtual machine: 1Ghz, 512MB ram

This option suits us perfect when trying to set up the BMW system Please note that when the virtual machine is running. This allocated system requirements will be cut from the Physical machine. In the example above, the physical machine will then have 1.13Ghz and 1,5GB ram instead due to the power allocated for the virtual machine. This however is only the case when the VM is running. In this picture you can se how another operating system is running inside this ‘window’. This second system can have different features than the host system.

Install the BMW Repair manual SW on your VM machine
Note that the first steps here are the same as you started the VM in the first place. See: “1.5 Start your VM for the first time 2”
A: Start the VM and wait until it says: “Powered on”, top left in the black window.
B: Now double click on the black window and the VM will open in a new window

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