User`s guide

Configuring the Virtual Machine 195
If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes, click the
Lock icon
at the bottom of the window. The next time someone wants to change the
settings in any pane of Virtual Machine Configuration, an administrator's password will be
required.
Hardware Settings
Using the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog, you can configure the virtual hardware available
in your virtual machine:
 Configure the devices currently available inside the virtual machine.
 Add or remove devices.
 Configure the boot order of your virtual machine.
Boot Order Settings
Using the Boot Order settings, you can configure the virtual machine boot sequence, that is, the
order in which the virtual machine will try to load the operating system from different boot
devices.
Note: These settings cannot be changed when the virtual machine is running.
To edit the Boot Order settings, do the following:
1 Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt-click (Option-click) the Parallels icon in the Mac
menu bar (in the Crystal view mode) and choose Configure.
2 In the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog, click Hardware and select Boot Order in the
sidebar.