Stopping and Resetting a Virtual Machine

Stopping a Virtual Machine

If the guest operating system cannot be shut down correctly, you can forcibly stop the virtual machine by doing one of the following:

• Click the Stop button in the toolbar ; or
• Choose Stop from the Virtual Machine menu.

Warning: If you forcibly stop a virtual machine, you may lose all unsaved data.

Resetting a Virtual Machine

If some program error has caused your virtual machine to hang, you may wish to reset it.

To reset a virtual machine, do one of the following:

• Click the Reset button in the toolbar . If this button is absent from the toolbar, see Customizing Toolbar .
• Choose Reset from the Virtual Machine menu.

Warning: If you reset a virtual machine, you may lose all unsaved data.