The Virtual Machine (VM) boots from
its hard drive by default, but you may want to boot it from CD disk containing
Windows startup files to repair your VM or to run certain software. Then how
can you boot your VMware from CD disk? Sounds fresh and mysterious? Follow me
to reveal it.
Step1: Open VMware Workstation. Insert a CD disk in your
host computer, click on VM menu,
swipe to Removable Decives > CD/DVD (IDE) and then click on Connect to connect the CD disk to the
VMware.
Step
2: Click on VM menu and select CD/DVD (IDE) under Hardware
tab. On the right side, tick in Connected
and Connected at power on check box
and then choose Use physical drive.
Step
3: Restart your
VMware and change boot sequence to set CD-ROM as the first boot device.
Option
One: Set from Boot Menu.
1. When the VMware is starting up, press Esc key immediately when the prompt
message that Press Esc to enter Boot Menu shows. Then you can see the following
screenshot.
2.
Press arrow key ↓
to select CD-ROM Drive and press Enter to boot from.
Option
Two: Set from BIOS Setup Utility
1.
When the VMware
is starting up, press F2 key
immediately when the prompt message that Press F2 to enter Setup shows. Then
you can see the following screenshot.
2.
Press arrow key “→”
to select Boot tab.
3. Press “+”
key to promote CD-ROM Drive to the
first place to set it as the first boot device.
4. Press F10
key to save the changes and exit.
Step
4: The VMware boots
from the CD disk and loads the contents in it.
Then you can do the follow-up
operations when you successfully boot your VMware from the CD disk.
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