Floppy Settings

To view and configure the virtual machine floppy disk drive settings, use the Floppy Disk settings.

To edit the device settings, do the following:

1. Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt-click (Option-click) the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar (in the Crystal view mode) and choose Configure .
2. 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 .

Select the Connected option if you want the floppy disk drive or floppy disk image to be automatically connected to the virtual machine on its startup.

In the Source field, specify the source device or image file that will emulate the virtual machine floppy disk drive:

• If you want to use a real floppy disk drive, click the Source field and select the real device name from the list.
• 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.