Create a new virtual machine in VMWare workstation 7.

This process is actually very straight forward. If you follow the wizzard there’s nothing too it.

First, launch VMWare workstation.
Click file then new.
On the first wizzard of the new virtual machine screen leave the default of standard configuration and use the next button.
Choose the radio button for map the the CD drive to an ISO and choose next.
Now select the operating system and if using Linux choose the distribution. Again, activate the next button.
Name the virtual machine and choose the location where you want to store the files. Generally you can leav the location alone as the default location is fine for most users.
Choose the size of the virtual machine. The size is set to 20GB by default.
Next you’ll see the summary for this virtual machine.
Finally, assuming you left the checkbox alone that said automatically boot the Virtual machine after the wizzard compeltes, the machine will boot.