I have a new (12/2008) Mac OS X 10.5.6 with VMware Fusion 2.0.1 (128865) running on the latest MacBook Pro. I am running Windows XP SP3 on the virtual machine. VMware Tools is installed and everything is working fine, except the DVD on the Mac is not recognized in the virtual machine.
In the XP Device Manager, you see the DVD/CD-ROM category with a line showing a yellow "!" followed by "NECVMWar VMware IDE CDR00". The properties states, "Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)"
I have tried uninstalling the device and reinstalling. I have tried every option in Fusion settings, including automatic and specifiying the physical disk. The physical disk shows as "Matshita DVD-R (UJ-868)". I have look all over the blogs and found others with similar issues, but no responses that seem to resolve the issue. My guess is that this is a driver issuein the XP side, but I can't find a VMware driver for the DVD anywhere, short of installing the VMware Tools again. I have gone so far as extracting the ISO and running the install directly in the XP system and that didn't work either.
So, is this a known issue and is there a solution? Any help is appreciated.