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The status bar displays the devices information when the virtual machine is running. It displays the devices icons and tooltips for the devices currently pointed by the pointer or other messages.
The following devices have the icons on the status bar:
If you see the 
icon in the status bar, it means that Parallels Tools are installed in your virtual machine.
If a device can be connected or disconnected at runtime (actually, most of the devices can be), this can be done using the device's shortcut menu. Click the device icon to display its shortcut menu and select the command. The picture below shows the shortcut menu for the CD/DVD-ROM drive.
You can also connect CD/DVD discs or images of discs to the virtual machine's CD/DVD-ROM drive or connect a floppy image to its floppy drive in the following way: drag the required image file over the CD/DVD-ROM drive icon on the Parallels Desktop status bar. For more information, please refer to the Changing Configuration at Runtime section.
