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I cannt access DVD drive and usb flash

 
 
Moataz
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      11-01-2009



im running windows enterprise server 2008 on virtual 2007, but i cannt access
DVD drive and usb flash. the operating system on host computer is windows xp
sp3. anyone help me
 
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Steve Jain [MVP]
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      11-01-2009
On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 10:44:01 -0800, Moataz
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>im running windows enterprise server 2008 on virtual 2007, but i cannt access
>DVD drive and usb flash. the operating system on host computer is windows xp
>sp3. anyone help me


You can't access any USB device directly. With a DVD drive, you need
to insert the disc and then capture it from the VPC menu.
To access a USB flash drive, you can either use VPC's Shared Folders
or standard Windows networking.

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