Add a CD/DVD Drive

You can add a virtual CD/DVD drive to a virtual machine.

Prerequisites

Shut down or power off the virtual machine. You cannot change the setting while the virtual machine is powered on or suspended.

Procedure

1. Select Window > Virtual Machine Library.
2. Select a virtual machine in the Virtual Machine Library window and click Settings.
3. Click Add Device.
4. Click CD/DVD Drive.
5. Click Add.
6. Configure the drive.

   Option	Description
   Automatically detect physical CD/DVD	The virtual machine detects your Mac CD/DVD drive.
   Specify physical CD/DVD	Directs the virtual machine’s CD/DVD drive to a physical drive.
   Use disk image	Directs the virtual machine’s CD/DVD drive to an ISO image. Click the pop-up menu to browse for and select the ISO image file.