You can remove a physical or virtual CD/DVD drive from your virtual machine.

Shut down or power off the virtual machine. You cannot change the setting while the virtual machine is powered on or suspended.

1

Select Window > Virtual Machine Library.

2

Select a virtual machine in the Virtual Machine Library window and click Settings.

3

Under Removable Devices in the Settings window, click the CD/DVD drive to remove.

4

Under Advanced options, click Remove CD/DVD Drive.