User`s guide

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Advanced Topics

Adding and Removing Devices

Adding new devices to a virtual machine is easier than connecting new devices to a real computer.

Removing or disconnecting devices is also easy. The following virtual devices can be added to the

configuration or removed from it:

• virtual hard disk drive

• CD/DVD drive

• floppy disk drive

• network adapter

• serial port

• printer port

• sound device

• USB controller

Any of the aforementioned devices can be added to the corresponding virtual machine only when it

is stopped.

Note: To be able to connect any virtual device to a real one, you should have system privileges to access

the real device. Otherwise, the real device will not appear in the list of available devices even though it is

installed on your computer.

Adding a New Device to a Virtual Machine

1 Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open Virtual Machine Configuration.

2 Click the Hardware button at the top of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog to open the

pane for editing hardware devices.

3 Click the Add button

in the bottom part of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog and

select the device to be added to your virtual machine.

Note: The Add button is disabled when the virtual machine is running. You need to stop the virtual

machine before you can use this button.