Hyper-V USB Passthrough on Windows 11

Paddy 6 Reputation points
2022-05-12T20:17:38.587+00:00

I am running Windows 11 and I am trying to passthrough my DVD drive connected to my HP Zbook to a Hyper-V virtual machine. I have seen the recommends for Windows 10 but they are not relevant because they do not show the same options on Windows 11. Marking a DVD offline option does not exist on Windows 11.

Any insight would be helpful

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  1. Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
    2022-05-12T21:19:34.603+00:00

    Assuming you meant the latter, should be able to do as below.

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  2. Paddy 6 Reputation points
    2022-05-13T04:05:48.95+00:00

    I figured out that I can access it through Remote Desktop. It's a little clunky but it works.

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  3. Paddy 6 Reputation points
    2022-05-13T04:04:49.033+00:00

    My issue is that I cannot see the DVD when I try to add it. Please see the image.

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  4. Simon Ren-MSFT 30,031 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2022-05-13T07:34:37.283+00:00

    Hi @Paddy ,

    Thanks very much for your feedback. We're glad that the question is solved now. It's appreciated that you could click "Accept Answer" to the helpful reply, this will help other users to search for useful information more quickly. Here's a short summary for the problem.

    Problem/Symptom:
    Can't passthrough the physical DVD drive to a Hyper-V Windows 11 virtual machine.

    Solution/Workaround:
    Can access it through Remote Desktop.

    Thanks again for your time! Have a nice day!

    Best regards,
    Simon

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  5. Limitless Technology 39,351 Reputation points
    2022-05-18T07:30:29.377+00:00

    Hi there,

    Have you tried any third-party tool for your requirements?

    On the Disk Management window, look for the DVD drive and set it to offline as a result, the disk becomes offline and loses its drive letter assignment. Now check if you can see the DVD that you need to add.

    Attach USB device to Hyper-V guest machine https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/707320/attach-usb-device-to-hyper-v-guest-machine.html

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