ESXi allows to directly access the disk?

Two quick questions...

(1) ESXi allows to directly access the disk?

.. .and associated with what precedes :)

(2) Let's say I want to use Windows Home Server as a guest within ESXi operating system.  It formats the disks using standard NTFS that can be read by any Windows machine.  (eg. you can remove the hard drive of the server and paste it into any other computer and you can read it).  How would this work in ESXi?  ESXi would force first all of the disk formatted to VMFS and then have NTFS below?  (so you could not "access the drive except in other machines on ESXi)

Thanks for any help!

However, if I create a virtual disk (using VMFS) that even if the virtual disk is formatted NTFS by the client operating system that he still cannot be read in another computer because it is in a 'container' of VMFS.

Yes, I would say that's pretty accurate, there are a few exceptions of course... but overall, Yes.

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