Floppy Disk
To view and configure the virtual machine floppy disk drive settings, use the
Floppy Disk
settings.
To edit the device settings, do the following:
-
Click the Parallels icon
in the menu bar and choose
Configure
. Or if the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose
Actions
>
Configure
.
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In the
Virtual Machine Configuration
dialog, click
Hardware
and select this device name in the sidebar.
Note:
If this device is absent, you can add it to Virtual Machine Configuration. For detailed information on how to add a device, refer to
Adding and Removing Devices
.
In the
Source
field, specify the source device or image file that will emulate the virtual machine floppy disk drive:
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If you want to use a real floppy disk drive, click the
Source
field and select the real device name from the list.
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If you want to use a floppy disk image, click the
Source
field, click
Choose an image file,
and specify the path to the desired floppy disk image file.
If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes, click the Lock icon
at the bottom of the window. The next time someone wants to change the settings in any pane of Virtual Machine Configuration, an administrator's password will be required.
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