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emarai
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External hard disk on vmware fusion 5 not recognized

Hi,

I have installed on my virtual machine windows 8.1 pro, windows vista and ubuntu 14. I have a macbook pro retina 13'' and every time I insert my external hard disk, the virtual machine ask me where to connect the device. If I choose mac, it works perfectly, but if I chose the guest system, such as windows, it is not recognized by the system.

I mean, it is suppose to come out somewhere that I have connected the disk. If I go to computer I can only see my local disk(C:\) but not my hard disk.

My hd is formatted exfat so there isn't any compatibily problem with windows, I already tried on other laptop.

How can I solve this issue?

Thanks a lot

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mini2008
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Hi,

Suggest to check your device manager or disk manager first, and since your usb device is usb 3, it's better for you to try Fusion 6 or above.Thanks.

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ColoradoMarmot
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If it's a USB 3 device, and connected through a hub, try connecting it directly.


FWIW, exFat is an easily corruptible drive format, so make sure you have a very good backup system in place.

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emarai
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Hi,

first of all,Yes mine is an usb 3 device.

Second, what do you mean with connect directly? What is a hub? I Connect my hard disk to my mac, and if the VM is off it works ok. If is on and I choose mac, still works. The problem is that if I choose the guest system that the VM is using, the hd obviously disappear on the mac screen, but it's not recognized by the guest system (Windows). I have checked the options and usb 3 is abilited on Vmware fusion but I don't know if I need to install something into the guess system.

Can you tell me what do I have to check if so?

thanks a lot again

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mini2008
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Hi,

Suggest to check your device manager or disk manager first, and since your usb device is usb 3, it's better for you to try Fusion 6 or above.Thanks.

emarai
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thanks I uploaded in vmware fusion 7 and everything is ok now!

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