I am presently not able to access my external DVD Drive from Parallels. I have been using an external drive for over a year as I inadvertently inserted a Camera CF card into the Built-in DVD card slot and found it much less expensive to purchase an external drive than pay Apple to remove the card! This problem existed even when the internal drive was available. It is always been a lottery as to whether the DVD drive or for that matter memory sticks are recognised in Parallels, though the sticks are generally less of an issue. Any assistance would be appreciated.