Creating a virtual machine for Linux guest in another HARD drive

Hi all

I have Vmware Workstation 8.0 on windows 7 x 64. This window is installed in the primary SSD (Sata port 0), also its mbr. I also have a Linux Ubuntu Natty x 64 in my HDD (Sata port 1) with Grub installed on the HARD drive. So when I go to start my SDD just windows when I want linux, simply go to the HARD drive.

I tried to create a virtual machine to access the linux (using the physical disk, persistent writing) as a guest during the use of windows as a host, but so far had no success. Just to easy access to linux.

I get the message of follow-up:

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The configuration for this virtual machine as follows:

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Intel Virtualization is enabled in my BIOS.

My specs are:

ProcessorProcessor Intel® Core™ i7 2630QM
ChipsetIntel® HM65 Express Chipset

8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz SDRAM

NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460M 1.5 GB GDDR5 VRAM

OCZ Vertex 3 128 GB SDD

Western Digital 640 GB HARD drive

Could someone help me?

try to use "fullDevice" instead of "partitionedDevice" when you add the physical disk.

It may also be necessary to put the disk status 'offline '.

This worked in WS before 7?

You can reach the vmware.log?

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