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I have a VMWare Player virtual machine where I am trying to change partitions of my Windows 7 VM hardrive using GParted. I downloaded a GParted live CD from here. I tried this with both *-i686 and *-amd64 versions.

The problem is that VMWare Player VM does not detect the bootable ISO at all. I added the ISO file like this. When I run the VM and check its setting then CD/DVD (SATA) has a checkmark next to it so I presume it is connected. But the ISO is nowhere to be found when I try to change boot order in PhoenixBIOS. So I cannot run GParted to change partitions.

I´ve already checked that both *-i686 and *-amd64 ISO files are bootable with MagicISO.

Has anyone dealt with this? I´ve tried both my Windows 7 VM and Ubuntu VM. In both I went into PhoenixBIOS and results were the same.

budikpet
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  • It's not going to show the ISO (disc) in the BIOS, but it does show `CD-ROM Drive`, which is set _after_ the hard drives in the boot order. You can also trying pressing `Esc` at the boot logo to manually select the boot device. – Lance U. Matthews Apr 13 '20 at 19:10
  • BACON I think I tried ESC. I didnt get any option other than Hard drive. – budikpet Apr 13 '20 at 20:14
  • Then I would try moving `CD-ROM Drive` before `Hard Drive` in the boot order. Otherwise, is this a BIOS or EFI virtual machine? If the latter, maybe there's some "legacy boot" option that needs to be enabled to allow booting from a disc. – Lance U. Matthews Apr 13 '20 at 20:36
  • BACON I’ll try moving the CD-ROM that didnt occure to me. Unfortunately I do not know the type. The machine was not mine originally and its a few ywars old. How do I tell the difference? – budikpet Apr 13 '20 at 20:48
  • I'm saying in your third screenshot showing the boot order you would use the `+` and `-` keys to move `CD-ROM Drive` ahead of `Hard Drive` in the boot order. – Lance U. Matthews Apr 13 '20 at 20:57
  • BACON That did it. Thank you very much. – budikpet Apr 13 '20 at 21:02

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