Going back to the example, the compress might make it occupy 85GB instead of the previous 90GB. On Workstation Pro there are functions to defrag and compress the virtual disk. Example, VM OS sees 300GB (virtual) disk but the VMDKs occupies on 90GB on the host. If the VM virtual disk is not preallocated, the actual storage space occupied can be smaller. I guess, having separate Microsoft logins (one for normal Win10 use&else, and one for Win 11 related) would have solved the problem.
#Vmware workstation 11 install#
Even a new Win10 install started to Upgrade into Win 11 in the middle of the install without a cancel option. This has something to do with the Insider program and Microsoft login, which you need to use in order to get Win 11 in the first place and even install it. Surprisingly, I have had to fight OFF my Win 10 computer updates into Win 11. They work fine and a well-balanced workstation isn't particularly slow. Mostly I run them on an old i7 (probably 2nd generation and thus very far from being supported in official Win 11) based workstation with Kubuntu 2020.04.2 LTS. My VMware Workstation Player version is 16.1. I have several of them, mostly installed from ISO (with a 3rd party ISO-creator from Microsoft content, prior to Microsoft's own ISOs). If not obvious - Win 11 VMs seem to continue working AND updating AND with both Dev&Beta content.
Don't know how VM encryption is done right now on Workstation Player. The sticky situation is that encrypting the VM also encrypts the virtual disks which I think is the sticky situation that needs to be resolved. Adding a virtual TPM requires the VM to be encrypted. UEFI, secure boot, virtual TPM has been available since version 14. The latest version of the PC Health Check app will give more details as to why a PC (physical or virtual) fails the Windows 11 requirements.
#Vmware workstation 11 windows 10#
Ran the latest PC Health Check app ( ) on a Windows 10 VM with UEFI, secure boot enabled, virtual TPM2.0 on Workstation Pro 15.5.7 (therefore only has DX10.1) on a Intel Coffee Lake CPU host, it passed the Windows 11 check. The DX12 is only required for gaming that will use the direct to GPU transfer from NVMe storage, bypassing the CPU and thus making games load faster. The DX12 is not a minimum requirement for Windows 11.
#Vmware workstation 11 driver#
The SVGA 3D driver has been on the WDDM for a number of years.
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