Can I run my windows server 2012 virtual machine on thunderbolt hdd??
HiI am using VMware Fusion 7.0 on Macbook Pro Retina 2014 (2.5 GHz, 16GB Memory, 512GB HDD).I have an external Thunderbolt HDD, can I run the virtual machine (Windows 2012) on the external HDD??
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View ArticleSound for Snow Leopard Server guest in Fusion 7 in Yosemite?
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