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If you haven't done so already, disable the floppy disk controller in your BIOS.
If you haven't done so already, disable the floppy disk controller in your BIOS.
Before I go to the Bios, one question......
The manufacturer's motherboard is responsible for the Bios layout and features, not the OS.
So, why it shows floppy disk drive in Win 8 and not in Win 7 ? ( I am having Win 8 inside VMware in a Win 7 laptop.)
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If you haven't done so already, disable the floppy disk controller in your BIOS.
Before I go to the Bios, one question......
The manufacturer's motherboard is responsible for the Bios layout and features, not the OS.
So, why it shows floppy disk drive in Win 8 and not in Win 7 ? ( I am having Win 8 inside VMware in a Win 7 laptop.)
t-4-2
As you're running Windows 8 in a Virtual Machine, you can still disable it in the VM BIOS. As the VM is starting, press F2, select the drive, then disable (image) If I remember, you can also edit the VM 'vmx' file, which you can find wherever you store your Virtual machines. The file will be called {name of your vm}.vmx and can be edited with a standard text editor. If you add:
floppy0.present = "false" or maybe floppy1.present = "false"
It should have the desired effect.
The reason you don't see it in Windows 7, is because I imaging you're running 7 on a 'real' PC where the setting in the BIOS has already been disabled, if it even existed, which it may not on a modern motherboard.
Before I go to the Bios, one question......
The manufacturer's motherboard is responsible for the Bios layout and features, not the OS.
So, why it shows floppy disk drive in Win 8 and not in Win 7 ? ( I am having Win 8 inside VMware in a Win 7 laptop.)
t-4-2
As you're running Windows 8 in a Virtual Machine, you can still disable it in the VM BIOS. As the VM is starting, press F2, select the drive, then disable (image) If I remember, you can also edit the VM 'vmx' file, which you can find wherever you store your Virtual machines. The file will be called {name of your vm}.vmx and can be edited with a standard text editor. If you add:
floppy0.present = "false" or maybe floppy1.present = "false"
It should have the desired effect.
The reason you don't see it in Windows 7, is because I imaging you're running 7 on a 'real' PC where the setting in the BIOS has already been disabled, if it even existed, which it may not on a modern motherboard.
Hi there
It's a VIRTUAL MACHINE so why not have a "Floppy disk" type virtual device available -- you can use an image instead of a physical device if you want. (Same for a CD / DVD drive which you can use as an .ISO image too instead of a physical device).
If say you want to run Windows 95/95 or even Windows 3.11 in a virtual machine you might want the floppy disk option.
You don't have to use it as the previous poster said -- and I'll bet some people on this board have never even seen one but there's no harm in providing legacy emulation in the virtual bios for people who want to run those type of virtual machines.
Cheers
jimbo
As you're running Windows 8 in a Virtual Machine, you can still disable it in the VM BIOS. As the VM is starting, press F2, select the drive, then disable (image) If I remember, you can also edit the VM 'vmx' file, which you can find wherever you store your Virtual machines. The file will be called {name of your vm}.vmx and can be edited with a standard text editor. If you add:
floppy0.present = "false" or maybe floppy1.present = "false"
It should have the desired effect.
The reason you don't see it in Windows 7, is because I imaging you're running 7 on a 'real' PC where the setting in the BIOS has already been disabled, if it even existed, which it may not on a modern motherboard.
Hi there
It's a VIRTUAL MACHINE so why not have a "Floppy disk" type virtual device available -- you can use an image instead of a physical device if you want. (Same for a CD / DVD drive which you can use as an .ISO image too instead of a physical device).
If say you want to run Windows 95/95 or even Windows 3.11 in a virtual machine you might want the floppy disk option.
You don't have to use it as the previous poster said -- and I'll bet some people on this board have never even seen one but there's no harm in providing legacy emulation in the virtual bios for people who want to run those type of virtual machines.
Cheers
jimbo
Making a change to the BIOS of the Windows 8 VM, will only affect that VM. Any new Virtual Machines created will have their own BIOS.
It's good it' s solved now. I'm a bit late here sorry.
Normally all the new machines you create in VMware use a virtual floppy drive by default.
You can remove the floppy drive from the list of devices in the machine settings window:
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Uncheck the checkbox "connect at power on" if you decide not to delete the floppy.
You can go in the BIOS but the UI settings window can do the trick.
That's all to it
Cheers
Hopachi
You are totally right on this one Calico.
My apologies. I just find it a bit difficult to get into VMware BIOS because it's only a fraction of a second visible . And the floppy doesn't annoy me since VMware includes it on all OS types. But yes I've checked it now and you have to go in BIOS after all.
Thanks
Hopachi