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tprice1965
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Multiple VM's with the same hard drive ID as the Host?

Is it a ok to have Multiple VM's with the same hard drive ID as the Host?  I have software that binds itself to the Host Hard Drive ID and want to utilize the same license on my VM's.

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wila
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Hi,

Not sure if you can set the hardware ID of a guest disk to the same ID as the one from your host disk.

I think it depends on the type of hardware ID that the software verifies.

But if you can change it then yes, it's not a problem.

Your VM is isolated from the host. It does not see the host disk, as such it does not cause any conflicts.

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