DVD or Cd Sharing HELP !!!!!!

[MaximeDupre]

Ok so first of all, I am really sorry for my bad English as my primary language is French. I will do my best to explain what my problem is.

So first, I installed DVD or Cd Sharing in My Windows Pc so that I could use the dvd/cd player of my pc for my macbook air.

So in my mac, when i am not using parallels, i can see the shared dvd player of my pc in my devices and everything works fine. But when i got on parallells (where i installed Windows) wich is on my mac, i can't see the shared dvd player, can anyone tell me where do I have to go ( on my parrallels) to see that shared dvd player that is on my pc ?

Thnx alot !! And again, sorry for my bad english.

Max

 

[John@Parallels]

You cannot use shared DVD with Parallels,
Create ISO file and copy to MBA

 

[MaximeDupre]

Sorry, I do not understand, could you give me more information because my knowledge is limited.

 

[John@Parallels]

http://www.help2go.com/Tutorials/Software_Utilities/Create_ISO_Image_File_with_Free_Software.html
This will create ISO image from Windows XP installation disk
Than copy to MBA and start installation as described in Parallels Desktop for Mac user guide from http://www.parallels.com/en/download/file/doc/Parallels_Desktop_for_Mac_User_Guide.pdf on page 74

 

[MaximeDupre]

Ok, thank you.

Just a lil question what Is MBA ?

 

[fbronner]

MacBook Air

 

[MaximeDupre]

Oh thnx, Ok so now I have installed IsoRecorder, But i see no icon to run it anywhere, i go to programs, Alex Feinman/isorecorder and there is no place to run a program, all i see is a bunch of dlls and something called imapihelper. How do I run Isorecorder ?? Thnx.

 

[John@Parallels]

Ops, my fail
Try this software
http://www.nbxsoft.com/create-burn-iso.php

 

[MaximeDupre]

Ok so this software will do that I wont need the cd anymore to run my program right ?

 

[John@Parallels]

It should create ISO image , and you won't need CD

 

[MaximeDupre]

ok nice, now the only thing i need to do is what you told me to do wich is:

http://www.help2go.com/Tutorials/Sof..._Software.html
This will create ISO image from Windows XP installation disk
Than copy to MBA and start installation as described in Parallels Desktop for Mac user guide from http://www.parallels.com/en/download...User_Guide.pdf on page 74

...right ?

 

[John@Parallels]

yes, please continue

 

[MaximeDupre]

yes, please continue

Continue what ?

 

[John@Parallels]

ok nice, now the only thing i need to do is what you told me to do wich is:

http://www.help2go.com/Tutorials/Sof..._Software.html
This will create ISO image from Windows XP installation disk
Than copy to MBA and start installation as described in Parallels Desktop for Mac user guide from http://www.parallels.com/en/download...User_Guide.pdf on page 74

...right ?

I mean this one

 

[MaximeDupre]

Now everything is aright....Except that I can't print.

 

[John@Parallels]

Use shared Printer as described in Parallels Desktop for Mac user guide from http://www.parallels.com/en/download/file/doc/Parallels_Desktop_for_Mac_User_Guide.pdf on page 135

 

[Howard C]

Is this true as of PD7 ?

Is this true as of today ? planning to buy a MBA but not the external dvd drive

Any software i install inside Parallel desktop needs to be in form of an ISO image,

dvd/cd sharing that comes with mac is not avai inside parallel desktop ?

thanks !