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VM suppose to clear itself on bootup?

asked on January 11, 2016

Hi, 

I was wondering if the Empower 2016 VM suppose to clear itself on bootup each time? I was playing around with some LF10 stuff but when i restarted, everything went back to stock. Is this supposed to happen? If so, anyway to disable it?

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replied on January 19, 2016

The clear on reboot is actually a setting in the VM configuration. To change this setting, you'll need to modify the .vmx file from non-persistent to persistent:

  1. Open the file Empower16.vmx using a text editor (notepad, notepad++). You can do this by right-click -> Open with... (but make sure to uncheck "use this application for all .vmx files). The vmx file will have a different icon, or you can enable showing extensions on the folder to see it:
  2. Search for "nonpersistent" or "mode"
    scsi0:0.mode = "independent-nonpersistent"
  3. Change it to persistent:

    scsi0:0.mode = "independent-persistent"
  4. Save the file and open the file again using VMWare player

 

Note that if you are in the persistent mode, you will NOT be able to revert, so you'll need to be more careful when making changes.

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replied on January 11, 2016

If you want to keep your existing state you can suspend it instead of shutting it down.

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