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# Power up the computer in your Seneca lab in '''Windows'''.
# If you haven't already downloaded the CentosOS7 Full Install DVD iso to your USB KEY, then download the following link for the Centos7 Full Install DVD image on your USB device: http://belmont.senecacollege.ca/pub/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1511.iso
# Plug your SSD drive into your computer. Note the drive letter for that device.
# Create a folder called: Virtual Machines on your SSD device.
# On your Seneca computer lab workstation, click the '''Windows Menu''' button and type '''VMware'''.
# There are two VMware products: ''VMware Workstation'' and ''VMware Player''. Run Only run the '''VMware Workstation''' application(i.e. '''<u>not</u>''' VMPlayer).# In your VMware Workstation application window, click the '''Edit''' menu, then select '''Preferences'''. Under the ''Default Location For Virtual Machines'', enter the pathname for the newly created folder in your SSD device and click '''OK'''.
# Click on the item labelled '''Create a New Virtual Machine'''.<br><br>'''NOTE:''' We will just be creating a "shell" for the VM the contain our Centos7 Linux operating system. This will allow us to configure the VM properly so it will boot-up properly in our Seneca labs.<br><br>
# Select the '''Custom (advanced)''' for the Virtual Machine Configuration setting and click '''Next'''.
