If your external hard drive is not accessible please try these basic troubleshooting steps first. The external hard drive itself, under normal circumstances, should be detected by your operating system, without the need of drivers, software or firmware updates. While it is possible that your external hard drive may have come with bundled software that may be incompatible with newer operating systems, this is typically just ‘back up’ software, and the drive is not dependent on that software to function. To learn more about the troubleshooting steps for your specific USB device please refer to the respective device manufacturer.There are several reasons why an external hard drive may not be accessible or detected when you connect it to your computer. If for some reason the device failed to get properly installed, try to delete it from the Device manager and then click Scan for Hardware Changes. To check whether the device got installed successfully, go to the Device Manager (press Win+R, type 'devmgmt.msc' and click 'OK'). The new device will now be installed in Windows. Once you have Windows up and running, go to Devices > External Devices and choose the device you would like to connect to your virtual machine. Note: You may reset the choice for all existing devices Make sure Ask me what to do radiobutton is selected Use ' -' button to delete the device from the list. Start Parallels Desktop, click on the Parallels Desktop icon > Preferences > Devices.Ĭheck whether the device you would like to connect to your virtual machine is listed under Permanent Assignments list. Important: your virtual machine will not be able to work with your USB device if your Mac fails to detect it. Make sure the device is detected on the Mac side, it should appear in Finder: Shut down your virtual machine, quit Parallels Desktop, and disconnect your USB device from your Mac. If you still have this issue, please follow these steps: A device functionality does not work in a Virtual MachineĪs a first step, please read the basic information on how Parallels Desktop works with USB devices you connect to your Mac.Virtual machine cannot detect the device.

It is not getting mounted in a Windows virtual machine.

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