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Old 3 Weeks Ago   #1 (permalink)
Moataz


 
 

I cannt access DVD drive and usb flash

im running windows enterprise server 2008 on virtual 2007, but i cannt access
DVD drive and usb flash. the operating system on host computer is windows xp
sp3. anyone help me

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Old 3 Weeks Ago   #2 (permalink)
Steve Jain [MVP]


 
 

Re: I cannt access DVD drive and usb flash

On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 10:44:01 -0800, Moataz
<Moataz@newsgroup> wrote:
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>im running windows enterprise server 2008 on virtual 2007, but i cannt access
>DVD drive and usb flash. the operating system on host computer is windows xp
>sp3. anyone help me
You can't access any USB device directly. With a DVD drive, you need
to insert the disc and then capture it from the VPC menu.
To access a USB flash drive, you can either use VPC's Shared Folders
or standard Windows networking.

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