Sharing a MAC HD device

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Steamboat_Willie

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I'm a new user to both Parallels and the MAC OS environment. I've just begun exploring my new iMAC machine. My MAC machine has a 2TB SATA HD and a 251GB Flash Drive. When I open Windows Explorer inside my Parallels/Windows 7 window I only see the flash drive shown as my "C:\" volume. However I can't seem to locate the 2TB HD from within the Parallels window and I am concluding that it must be some kind of share setting that must be configured somewhere. But I can't figure out how to make it appear as an available storage device. Is this done on the MAC side or Parallels/Windows side? Can someone assist?
Thanks.
Eddie
 
Not sure what changed but I AM able to see my 2nd HD now from within Windows explorer. However I was installing some add on "content" from another program and when running the installation "setup.exe" from the DVD disk the install program asked me where I'd like to store additional content and I was unable to see my 2nd HD. So I'm sure I still have some setting incorrect on the MAC side. Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks.
Eddie
 
In Parallels: Virtual Machine menu -> Configure -> Options tab -> Sharing.

Set Sharing Folders to All disks to see the other drive. You can also click Custom Folders and select specific folders to be available in Windows instead of the entire drive.

You can also turn on SmartMount to directly map the other drive to a Windows drive instead of having it as a shared folder (referred to as \psf).

Steve
 
NG. My "HD2" in "sharing" DOES appear when I go to Virtual Machine>Configure>Options:
Share Folders: All Disks
Shared Profile: checked!
Smart Mount Checked!: Map Mac volumes to Windows

However my problem still exists. When I launch my Corel DVD "install" disk to load some "content" that I want to place on "HD2" the "browse" button in the dialogue does NOT see HD2, only the regular "C:\" HD. In Windows Explorer, HD 2 IS quite visible and is mapped to letter ":X". I also tried explicitly typing in :X into the destination directory in that install dialogue but it reports an error (no such drive... or something like that).
So windows explorer can see my HD just fine. However that "browse" dialogue (which we've all see a zillion times before on true Windows machines) seems to be having some trouble letting me browse to that drive.
Any suggestions?
Eddie
 
Additional note: I also have a 1T USB Western Digital "bookshelf" drive plugged into the MAC containing some old "windows" machine content on it. It's mapped to the letter ":W" in my windows virtual machihne. But the "Browse" function still doesn't see that drive either. However both the mac and windows explorer does see all my mounted volumes just fine.
 
Any chance Corel only lets you install on a hard drive (C or D drive), not a network volume (psf marked as X, Y, Z, etc.)?

Could be a limitation of the installer.

Steve
 
Good Point. That's probably the answer. If I open my CorelDRAW or CorelPHOTOPAINT I can see the HD2 volume no problem. Notepad sees that volume also, as well as MS WORD, etc... But not that Corel installer "browser" dialogue. Oh well. Not a show stopper. As long as I can open my media files. that's what I need to make sure I can do.
thanks.
Eddie
 
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