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Working with a Floppy Drive

If you start a guest operating system with the floppy drive enabled, you may connect/disconnect it and change its options while running the guest OS. Parallels Workstation allows to:

Note: If the guest OS is started with the floppy drive disabled, you should shut down the guest OS first, then enable the floppy in the Configuration Editor (select the Enabled check box in the Floppy Options tab) and restart the guest OS.

Guest operating system with a virtual floppy connected to a real floppy drive prevents the floppy from being accessed by the primary OS while guest OS is running.

How to Connect/Disconnect Floppy Drive

To connect or disconnect the floppy drive, do the following:

  1. Select the Devices->Floppy <drive letter> in Parallels Workstation menu.
  2. Select the Connect/Disconnect command to connect or disconnect the CD/DVD-ROM drive respectively.

Note. You may also connect/disconnect a floppy drive using the context menu of the floppy drive Floppy Drive Icon on the status bar.

How to Change Media Floppy Drive Accesses

Data type accessed by the floppy drive can be switched from a real floppy to an image file and vice versa. To change the media accessed by the floppy drive:

  1. Select the Devices->Floppy <drive letter> in Parallels Workstation menu.
  2. Select Connect to <drive letter> to access real CD/DVD-ROM drive or Connect image to access a flopy image file.

Note: You may also switch change the media using commands in the context menu of the floppy drive Floppy Drive Icon on the status bar.