Webazjag wrote: ». . Remove the hardware through windows, shutdown the vm then remove the Floppy drive and power on again. There aren't any actual floppy drives on any of my computers. I have restarted VMs several times and several occasions. It is most likely VMware issue on only workstation 8. Web1 aug. 2012 · In relation to the Floppy Drive, if you remove this from the hardware of the VM, it still shows up in Windows. You need to reboot the VM and go into the BIOS. This article explains it VMware KB: Unable to remove …
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WebThe Windows floppy driver polls quite a bit and you also reduce potential IRQ sharing, 5% sounds a bit too much on the high end though. Still a good best practice. Plus if you want … Web1 aug. 2012 · In relation to the Floppy Drive, if you remove this from the hardware of the VM, it still shows up in Windows. You need to reboot the VM and go into the BIOS. This … simon wright artist paintings
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Web22 nov. 2010 · This means that Remove-FloppyDrive can't, by itself, remove the device from a virtual machine. The Get-FloppyDrive Cmdlet needs to pass it to the Remove-FloppyDrive command. This means a simple two-line PowerCLI script will need to accomplish the task. Here's the script to remove the floppy drive for a virtual machine … Web4 feb. 2008 · removing floppy and cd rom drives from vm servers Is there any good points in removing cdrom drives and flop [py drives from all vm servers since they arent getting used anyway, would it make a big difference in resources for a host which hosts 15 vms? Share Reply 0 Kudos All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic 1 Solution etieseler … Web27 dec. 2024 · Remove Floppy Disk Drive in Windows Hyper-V Virtual Machine Start your virtual machine. Open the Registry Editor app. Go to the following Registry key. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\flpydisk See how to go to a Registry key with one click. On the right, modify or create a new 32-Bit DWORD value Start. simon wright of fredericksburg virginia