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#1 soundguyrob

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Posted 03 July 2012 - 03:47 AM

Hi Guys, May be a dumb question but here goes. I would like to do a nuke/pave install of Mountain Lion when the time comes. I have a work machine w VMware and a WIN7 OS. (I boot 1x a week for 1 program)
If I save the Virtual Machine file on a back up, can I add it back to the library and point a fresh install of VMware to use it? I am trying to avoid the entire re-load windows, office-etc. The reason I ask is the file is 30+GB so I wasn't sure if it is savable?
We use a RDC into a mac server with windows log in, so the OS-X re-up is easy. Just mail accounts and pref's.
Thanks, Rob