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After creating a vhd and going through that process i'm unable to install win7 x64. I've went through various settings and trying to get it right. It'll boot the windows install but then indicate the following error (image included too):




A required cd/dvd drive device driver is missing. If you have a driver
floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now.



Note if the windows installation media is in the CD/DVD drive, you can
safely remove it for this step.




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I've also set up my storage tree like so:



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Would anyone know what the issue could be? It's asking for cd/dvd device drivers and i'm unable to install.


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I ran into this problem today, you probably already solved your problem, but I'm just adding my experience as it may help somebody else.



(I used a physical install CD and not an ISO file)




  1. Open your VM settings

  2. Go to Storage

  3. Select the CD-ROM drive

  4. Check Passthrough

  5. Boot the VM with the Windows



This solved it for me, so it might be worth a shot.


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