How can I uncapture CD/DVD in SCE 2010 virtualization manager? It captures DVD while creating VM and choosing install from dvd. However, after creation/installation is complete, there is no option to uncapture DVD.

Hello, You can add/remove a virtual DVD or CD drive to an IDE bus with the following procedure. You can use this procedure when creating a hardware profile, modifying a hardware profile, or configuring hardware profile settings from the New Template Wizard or the New Virtual Machine Wizard. To add a virtual DVD drive for a virtual machine to the IDE bus In the left pane, under Bus Configuration, click IDE Devices, and then click DVD on the top menu. In the results pane, under Virtual DVD Drive, select an entry from the Channel drop-down list box to specify a channel to which to attach this virtual DVD drive. Under Capture mode, select one of the following options: No media (default). Select this option to specify that the virtual DVD drive cannot read any media. If you are modifying an existing hardware profile, you can select No Media to disconnect the virtual DVD drive from a host drive or ISO file. Physical CD/DVD drive. If you want to enable a virtual DVD drive on the virtual machine to connect to a physical CD or DVD drive on the host, select this option. This option enables the virtual DVD drive to read a physical CD or DVD disk on the host. Existing image file. Select this option if you want to enable the virtual DVD drive on a virtual machine to access a specific image stored in a library share on a Virtual Machine Manager library server. Click Browse to display the Select ISO dialog box, and then select the image to be inserted into the virtual DVD drive. Thanks,Yog Li -- Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

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