Parallels Desktop for Mac, Windows 7 doesn't show all Mac Partitions

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I am using Parallels 6 for Mac on Snow Leopard. My HDD currently has 2 partitions which are Macintosh (installed Snow Leopard) and Data (Mac Journal system file, without any OS, for keeping data). I created a Windows 7 Pro (32) VM on it. And when I log into the VM (Win 7), I can only see one Partition at Network Location of Windows 7. Clicking on that partition only show me the files and folders in Macintosh Partition (the partition I installed Snow Leopard). Up to now I haven't found a way to access Data partition from Windows 7 VM. Could you please tell me how to do that? Thank you very much.

PS: Before installing Parallels 6, I can see 2 partitions and can access the Data partition through a Volume folder using Parallels 5.
 
Virtual Machine -> Configure -> Options -> Sharing -> Share Folders has 2 options: All disks and Home folder only.

Home folder only adds the following:
\\psf\Home\ which points to ~/ on your Mac (your user folder)

All disks adds \\psf\Home\ and the following:
\\psf\Host\ which points to / on your Mac. The Mac partitions are at /Volumes so in Windows you would go to \\psf\Host\Volumes

Smart Mount automatically maps all your Mac Removable drives, CD/DVD drives, and Network folders in \\psf\Volumes to drive letters in Windows.
 
Same problem.

I can't access my Mac files from Windows. This has changed since I upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 in the virtual machine. I have Sharing turned on for "All Disks" as well as Smart Mount.

Any Suggestions??

Miguel
 
Windows maps to external drives but not Mac drive

Windows will map as Network drives all the external devices (flash drives, etc) but not the Mac partition. Whenever I try to map a drive to \\psf\Home or any variant thereof, I get asked for a password. And even if I put in my administrator password, it still does not map the drive. When I try to open psf in the Network list, nothing is listed. I have allowed logins to the Mac drives, I have reinstalled Parallels tools, I have changed the Parallels configure options. Nothing works. Help, please!
 
TheFritoPundito said:
Windows will map as Network drives all the external devices (flash drives, etc) but not the Mac partition. Whenever I try to map a drive to \\psf\Home or any variant thereof, I get asked for a password. And even if I put in my administrator password, it still does not map the drive. When I try to open psf in the Network list, nothing is listed. I have allowed logins to the Mac drives, I have reinstalled Parallels tools, I have changed the Parallels configure options. Nothing works. Help, please!
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You're not supposed to map drives to \\psf\Home. You're supposed to use the sharing options at: Virtual Machine -> Configure -> Options -> Sharing.

Using the Parallels Sharing options ("All disks", "Home folder only", or "Custom Folders..." will change what gets listed in \\psf.

Read what I wrote above on Sep 22, 2010.

Once the stuff you want is accessible through \\psf, then you can use Windows to map them to specific drive letters if you like.
 
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