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Saving files on a Virtual Machine

by D__C Jun 15, 2009 10:10AM PDT

I was watching the video on Cnet TV about running windows 7 RC on a free virtual machine, Virtualbox. I've never used a virtual machine before so I was wondering if you can save files that you make on the vm or if the vm is read only. Would it be better to just install Windows 7 RC on bootcamp?

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Virtual Machines

by mrmacfixit Forum moderator Jun 15, 2009 9:51PM PDT

behave just like a "real" machine, at least they should do.

They have the same functionality as a regular machine and are just as vulnerable to problems.

As to your last question, It would be better to just not install Windows 7 RC at all. But that's just my opinion.

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