First step: Open the virtual machine
1, double click on the desktop virtual machine software VMware shortcuts, open the virtual machine software, the following figure
2, click on the command item "start this virtual machine" command, start the virtual machine, the following figure
After clicking the "Start this virtual machine" command, the virtual machine starts and automatically enters the operating system installed on this virtual machine, as shown below
Step two: Insert the disc
1, we put the CD into the computer CD-ROM, as shown below
2, when we open the host of "My Computer" in the "DVD drive", all the files on the CD are presented in the current window, but inside the virtual machine, we are not open the drive, the following figure
Step three: Open the disc
1, click the virtual Machine Software menu bar "virtual machine" → "Removable devices" → "CD ROM1 (IDE 1:0)" → "Connection", when we open the virtual machine optical drive again, the disc was opened by us, the following figure
2, in order to later virtual machine and host can open the disc simultaneously, we can also click "Virtual machine" → "Removable device" → "CD ROM1 (IDE 1:0)" → "edit" in the virtual Machine Software menu bar, pop-up "CD-ROM Device" dialog box, select "Connect when power is on" in "Device status" module and connected, click the "OK" command button, close the current dialog box, the following figure
3. After setting up the operation, when the virtual machine starts, the CD-ROM of the virtual machine is automatically loaded with the CD-ROM of the host, so we can both open the CD on the host and use the file on the CD in the virtual machine. In this way, greatly facilitate our work, but also to bring us a quick.