Mount external HDD in Mac OSX and Windows

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by EphraimD, Feb 23, 2014.

  1. EphraimD

    EphraimD Bit poster

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    Hello!
    After searching hard and finding nothing, I hope this community can help me.
    I m running a Windows 7 in Bootcamp and Parallels. It´s no Problem to mount my external HDD in Mac OSX or Windows. But i need just one of the 3 Partitions in mounted Windows. Is there a possibility to mount the partitions separately?
    My main-problem is, that I want to use an extra partition with games in Parallels AND bootcamp. The .hdd-files are not helping, because I found no possibility to mount them in bootcamp. The .vhd-files are working neither. I get an error, that the block-size of the physical HDD is wrong.
    So I want to have an extra (physical) partition I can mount in the VM but the other partitions are mounted in Mac.
    Is there a solution? Maybe is there an other virtual-disk format windows can use?
    Virtual box is helping neither, because i don't want to setup a new VM.

    Ephraim
     
  2. Manoj@Parallels

    Manoj@Parallels Parallels Support Parallels Support

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    Hi EphraimD,

    Please follow the steps given :

    1. Start Parallels Desktop. Do not start your Virtual Machine or shut it down if it is running.

    2. Go to your Virtual Machine's Configuration (http://kb.parallels.com/117287) > Click on Options > Click Sharing and select "All disks" in Share folders drop-down menu.

    Thanks,

    Manoj D
     

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