User`s guide

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 46
You can also connect CD/DVD discs or images of discs to the virtual machine's CD/DVD drive
or connect a floppy image to its floppy drive in the following way: drag the required image file
over the CD/DVD drive icon on the Parallels Desktop status bar. For more information, please
refer to the Changing Configuration at Runtime section (p. 145).
To add devices to the virtual machine configuration or remove them from the configuration,
click the Configure button
. For detailed information, see Adding and Removing Devices.
The View Mode Menu
To change the virtual machine view mode, you can use the View Mode menu in the
status bar. This menu is available only when the virtual machine is running. To switch to the
Coherence mode, click the Coherence button
. To switch to any other view mode, click the
down arrow button
near the coherence button, and select the desired view mode from the
menu. For detailed information on the view modes, see Changing the View Mode (p. 122).
The Virtual Machine State Menu
You can start, shut down, suspend, or otherwise manage the virtual machine state using the
Virtual Machine State menu
in the status bar. Click the Virtual Machine State button
and select the desired command from the menu.