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CD/DVD Real Discs and Images

Parallels Workstation can access real CD/DVD discs, or create and use CD/DVD images that appear to the CD/DVD-ROM drive of a virtual machine as real discs. Parallels Workstation uses CD/DVD discs in .iso format. Images in this format can be created by many applications, particularly by Parallels Image Tool, a special tool for creating images of different real media that is installed along with Parallels Workstation.

There is a set of limitations on using CD/DVD-ROMs in Parallels Workstation in that it allows the use only of single-session CD and DVD-ROMs. Multisession disks cannot be handled. Sound from audio CDs cannot be reproduced. Neither CD nor DVD discs can be written.