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czer27
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‎11-08-2012 06:18 AM

Can´t boot from CD

Macbook early 2008, Mac OS X Lion, Fusion 5.0.1, Windows 8 Pro

I want to start Acronis Disk Director Suite  from a bootable CD in Windows 8 Pro to manage a partition.

I searched in "Virtual machines", "Settings", "Advanced" for the option "Startup Device". But there is not this option.

I started then the virtual machine normally, the Acronis CD in the CD/DVD drive and the CD/DVD drive is connected in the settings, but it started Windows, not Acronis.

The same result, when I press a button while booting.

How can I set the CD/DVD drive to be the Startup device?

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WoodyZ
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‎11-08-2012 06:28 AM

How can I set the CD/DVD drive to be the Startup device?

In VMware Fusion 5.x... VMware Fusion (menu bar) > Virtual Machine > Settings... > under Other > Startup Disk > CD/DVD

czer27
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‎11-08-2012 06:54 AM

Oh, Woody, it´s so simple! But in German all names are other and I have overseen the right button.

Many thanks, now it runs fine.

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