parallels

[jdcrofoot]

can not open external hd in virtua machine...have been for a while though

[Madelin]

Maybe you should edit your post becuase your grammar is terrible.
By the way, is your post a statement or a question?

[jdcrofoot]

Sorry, my first post was actually moved from an email that I had sent to support. I am running Parallels in order to run Auto Desk through Windows. For some reason that I cant determine, my USB powered external hard drive is accepted by my Mac OS but I cant get wndows to aknowledge it. I can't figure what has changed because the Hard Drive was working fine up until a couple weeks ago.

[Madelin]

Urm, have you ejected it using OSX? Only plug in the external after windows has loaded up and is selected. I dont think its possible to have OSX and Windows recognise the harddrive simultaneously.

[jdcrofoot]

Whenever I plug in the HD it instanly is reconized by my mac only is

[fryke]

you're back to the old grammar and punctuation.

[jdcrofoot]

does anybody have helpful comments concerning my question?

[DeltaMac]

Originally Posted by jdcrofoot

Whenever I plug in the HD it instanly is reconized by my mac only is

We can be more helpful with your question when you ask one in an understandable format...
If you are native non-English, try a different translator site, which may result in a better translation. If you are posting in English, try reading what you write. It's hard to decipher, but here's my best guess:

There is a Devices menu in Parallels. Some devices can be brought up by choosing the relevant item from that menu, such as USB/drives (or something similar. Search a little through that menu for something that might help you get a device to mount in Windows. You will also find info that can help you in the Parallels User Guide - looks like page 124 will help you with adding USB devices and setting USB options.