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How can I save my VMware files?
 

I am upgrading my computer and want to transfer all my files from this current computer to another computer or manage it on more computers.

How can I transfer the vmware users to another computer? is this possible? If I just transfer the vmware folder to another computer with vmware on it, will it mirror the users?

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Which VMWare did u install? Also, did you save eave VMWare in a separate folder?

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I got vmware workstation 12. I just installed using recommended settings. My vmware folder is in my document folder>>virtual machine>>windows 7. This is where all my users are at when I log into vmware. Is this also the folder I need to save when moving to a different computer?

If I copy and transfer that folder to another computer, will all my users appear on my new computer?

Re: How can I save my VMware files?
 

If you copy the folder "Virtual Machine" which contains your VMWare accounts you should be able to open it again.

I would recommend running your VMWare's off a Stable Portable Drive.

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Good idea.

Thanks.

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Hey, do you think it would be a good idea to save my vm files on a dropbox or mediafire? Portable drive do tend to break out of nowhere sometimes.

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yes cloud is the way to go, with encryption

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I do both. All of mine are backed up on a portable HDD and on cloud storage.

VM's are extremely portable. Using USB 3.0 and solid state storage you can easily boot you VM's from a flash drive. You just need workstation installed on your PC, it really doesn't matter where the VM files are stored.

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Can never have enough backups!

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Gotta start backing up my stuff, I'll be hitting 3 digits of stable accounts soon. Now I need to get a new laptop too for travels. Any recommendations? I think 4GB won't be enough, thinking of getting an 8 GB one.

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Which cloud service do you guys use?

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I have a years old account with godaddy I use. The domain has been gone for a while but I've kept the hosting service.

https://mega.nz/ is also a good options. I've never used them but one of the account sellers here uses Mega to deliver stealth accounts to customers. They give you 50gb for free.

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Do you backup your files every time after you finish what you are doing?

Mega doesn't have a desktop auto sync, do they?

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Amazon cloud drive. Unlimited space for about $60/year. Desktop app for both Windows and Mac.