eSATA ExpressCard

[chuckkahn]

I had hoped that with version 9 of Parallels that I would be able to use my Vantec eSATA ExpressCard in Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro, but I can't figure out how. Is there a way? I connect eSATA drives to the Vantec but they only show up in Mac OS and I can't find a way to switch it to the Windows side. The drives are NTFS formatted so are read-only on the Mac side and I would like to read and write which I why I would them to connect on the Windows side.

 

[joevt]

Add a Boot Camp type Hard Disk to the virtual machine configuration.

Virtual Machine -> Configure -> [+] Hard Disk -> Type: Boot Camp -> select the drive location -> OK. Then startup your virtual machine.

Parallels Desktop 9 does this automatically for USB and FireWire drives while your virtual machine is running but it doesn't do that for drives from other buses for no apparent reason.

 

[Denis V. Lunev]

I had hoped that with version 9 of Parallels that I would be able to use my Vantec eSATA ExpressCard in Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro, but I can't figure out how. Is there a way? I connect eSATA drives to the Vantec but they only show up in Mac OS and I can't find a way to switch it to the Windows side. The drives are NTFS formatted so are read-only on the Mac side and I would like to read and write which I why I would them to connect on the Windows side.

can you pls make a problem report (Help->Report a problem) on running VM when you have just plugged the drive and send its number here?