it does not get clear what you want ... what is your host OS ?
If you use Vista, 2008 or Win7 using physical disks within VMs - no matter if IDE or SATA is almost impossible
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VMX-parameters- VMware-liveCD - VM-Sickbay
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Do you need support with a VMFS recovery problem ? - send a message via skype "sanbarrow"
I do not support Workstation 16 at this time ...