However, these drives can continue to be used on the host system. You should still be able to read data from the CD-R, but likely not correctly from all sessions or if later sessions update earlier ones. Note that you may see warnings in the log if you do try to access a Multisession Disc. There are some problems playing audio CDs in a virtual machine . Audio CDs should be playable within a virtual machine but some problems may be experienced including a CD may continue playing after a virtual machine is powered off.
Workstation interacts badly with host CD-ROM autorun .
The Workstation installer will prompt the user to allow it to disable CD-ROM autorun on the host system. Workstation will also warn at Power On if autorun is enabled. These drives should remain fully usable from the host operating system. Other External Devices Floppy performance in a virtual machine can be slow. The performance of a floppy drive within a virtual machine can be significantly slower than on the native host computer.