Firewire Harddisk under windows XP

I connected an external firewire hard disk under mac os 10.5. I have parallels 5 with windows xp sp 2.
Mac detects the harddisk but windows xp not. Is there something I have to do?

Some background:
With USB wire it works also for windows.
I tried to configure in the VM that I load a directory of the harddisk into vm.. It seemed that the HD was mounted(mac gave a message, that it was used by parallels), But I didn't find it in the windows xp mounted.

thanks in advance and regards,

Stefan

 

Hello,

did you try to use this article?

Best regards,
Stacey

 

some trouble

hi,
Tried the procedures according to the instructions.
Everything looks fine. But in Windows XP, I don't see any shared folder.
looked everywhere but nothing.

SysInfo : parallels bulid 4288, MAC OS 10.5, Windows XP SP2

Found some docs (in Attachment) but the explanation not clear for me.
thanks,

Stefan

 

We bought Parallels 3 with a new Core Duo Mac Mini, and Windows XP. I'm trying to get the Windows instance to recognize the firewire-connected Buffalo Drivestation DUO. (In order to configure it for RAID 1, you must connect the unit via Firewire and use a Windows utility to talk to the built-in RAID controller in the Drivestation.)

When I connect the unit to the Mac Mini, I can see the two hard disks in the Drivestation apper on the OS X desktop.

But, in the Windows instance, under MyComputer -> Manage -> Device Manager -> Disk Drives, I only see the virtual HDD0. (On the Mac side, I also see the parallels "C:" drive as well...)

I tried following the link to a forum article infered to tell you how to configure for Firewire drives (http://kb.parallels.com/entry/42/54/0/), but it appears to no longer be a valid link.

Still searching for clues. I'll post a recipe when I find one.

-Z- http://www.conserver.com/consoles/

 

I share all my disks

the two firewire disks appear in "my computer" and "Windows Explorer" but with letters of the alphabet

gotta reboot and I will edit this post
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I run parallels VM from a Firewire 800 Disk and clone it to both

just now I clumsily kicked out a mains lead so the disks got dismounted

Paralles VM Freezes but survives apparently unharmed after the Mac OS hard reboot with the off button

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anyway my FW 800 La Cie 1 in Mac OS is AKA Network Drive N in WinXP sp2
and La Cie 1 in Mac OS is AKA Network Drive O
and Macintosh HD is AKA Network drive P
(the last shows folders invisible under Mac OS and those are best left alone !!!)

WinXp Sp2 is on Drive C in the VM is AKA [C] vmwinxp7 on the Macintosh Desktop

I also have a USB drive available in the same way

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set up drive sharing from the mac side in Parallesl Desktop >> >> Menu >> Devices >> Shared Folders >> Add

enjoy

Hugh W