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Hi, Folks:
I recently installed V 38010 of Parallels-4 onto my system:
Macbook Pro Early 2008, 4 gig memory, 200 mbyte HD, OS/X 10.5.6; "Update" was installed over earlier update of Parallels 4.
When I run Windows XP (OEM version purchased around April, 2008) from boot camp, I am able to recognize a USB drive formatted as FAT-32. the "My Computer" screen shows it as drive F. When I run this version of Windows XP within a virtual machine built by Parallels-4, Windows does not seem to recognize the same USB drive. When I launch the virtual machine, launch Windows XP from it, and insert the USB drive, I'm shown a dialog box that allows me to connect the USB drive to either OS/X or XP. If I choose XP, I do not see a new drive show up in the "My Computer" panel, nor am I able to access the USB stick. If, instead, I connect the USB drive to OS/X, I can access the USB stick as network drive "X" and transfer information between it and an XP application. However, one XP app that I'm running - Bernina's Art Design-1 program - attempts to recognize only a USB drive and refuses to write to a network drive.
I'm not definitely certain that this error was introduced with the 38010 update, but I am certain that it exists in that version. Any ideas on how to access the USB drive from XP would be appreciated.
I recently installed V 38010 of Parallels-4 onto my system:
Macbook Pro Early 2008, 4 gig memory, 200 mbyte HD, OS/X 10.5.6; "Update" was installed over earlier update of Parallels 4.
When I run Windows XP (OEM version purchased around April, 2008) from boot camp, I am able to recognize a USB drive formatted as FAT-32. the "My Computer" screen shows it as drive F. When I run this version of Windows XP within a virtual machine built by Parallels-4, Windows does not seem to recognize the same USB drive. When I launch the virtual machine, launch Windows XP from it, and insert the USB drive, I'm shown a dialog box that allows me to connect the USB drive to either OS/X or XP. If I choose XP, I do not see a new drive show up in the "My Computer" panel, nor am I able to access the USB stick. If, instead, I connect the USB drive to OS/X, I can access the USB stick as network drive "X" and transfer information between it and an XP application. However, one XP app that I'm running - Bernina's Art Design-1 program - attempts to recognize only a USB drive and refuses to write to a network drive.
I'm not definitely certain that this error was introduced with the 38010 update, but I am certain that it exists in that version. Any ideas on how to access the USB drive from XP would be appreciated.
