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Using Snapshots
VMware Workstation snapshots allow you to preserve the state of the virtual machine so you can return to the same state repeatedly. Version 5 introduces multiple snapshots and the snapshot manager.
This section discusses snapshots in the following topics:
•   Understanding Snapshots
•   Snapshots in a Linear Process
•   Snapshots in a Process Tree
•   Relationship Between Snapshots
•   Examples of Using Snapshots
•   Using Snapshots as Protection from Risky Changes
•   What Is Captured by a Snapshot?
•   Snapshots and Other Activity in the Virtual Machine
•   Snapshots and Other Activity in the Virtual Machine
•   Excluding Disks from Snapshots
•   Snapshot Actions as Background Activity
•   When Can I Take a Snapshot?
•   Changing Disk Mode to Exclude Virtual Disks from Snapshots
•   Taking a Snapshot
•   The Snapshot Manager
•   Restoring a Snapshot: Revert or Go To?
•   Virtual Machine Settings for Snapshots
•   Deleting Snapshots
•   Making a Clone from a Snapshot
•   Snapshots and Legacy Virtual Machines

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