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Hard Disk Options

The current version of Parallels Workstation allows virtual machines to only use hard disk images in .hdd format. Read Hard Disk Images topic to get acquainted with disk format and other its options.

Up to four IDE devices (hard disks and CD/DVD-ROM drives) can be connected to a virtual machine currently. This means, that there can be no more than four hard drives plus CD/DVD-ROM drives, i.e., it doesn't matter how many of IDE devices will be hard drives and how many will be CD/DVD-ROMs.

Hard Disk Options

Device status:

Emulation:

  1. Click the Recreate button.
  2. Create HDD window appears. You can specify Disk size and whether the disk should be expanding or plain. Select Expanding disk check box if you want the hard disk to be expanding.

    Create HDD

  3. Click Create.
  4. You are asked to confirm that you are going to create a new disk instead of the old one. Click Yes. A new empty disk is now connected to your virtual machine.

Note: If while using a hard disk you discover that its size is insufficient, you may increase disk capacity using the Parallels Image Tool.

Advanced

Hard Disk Options - Advanced

Device Geometry:

Attachment Options:

Optimization: