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I often create large numbers of disposable lab VMs by cloning reference disks. While it is straightforward to copy disk images, this method is time-consuming and can use up a lot disk space. For WMware 3.x, there is an advanced tech tip that describes how a reference disk can be shared between multiple VMs running concurrently. What follows is an adaption of this procedure for VMware Workstation 4.x.
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