To mount an ISO or CD / DVD you need to first open the tab for your VM in VMware.
Boot From ISO, CD or DVD in VMware Workstation
Mount it by opening up the tab for your VM in VMware and double click the CD/DVD drive.
Choose either physical drive or an ISO image file.
Choose source
Default in VMware is NOT to boot from CD, so if you try to restart your VM now you will notice nothing happends, it just boots up into your OS like normal.
You need to change the boot sequence in the BIOS of the VM. It doesn’t use your host machines BIOS but rather a PHOENIXBIOS that is used for VM.
When the VM boots up, you will notice a black screen with some text before it boots into Windows. This is where you need to press a key. You can press Escape to enter the boot menu, and choose which device to boot from, using arrows up and down and enter, or you can enter the actual BIOS by clicking F2. There you can set a permanent boot order.
For simplicitys sake choose option 1. If you are used to changing settings in BIOS feel free.
Press ESC. Be quick about it 
Choose CD / DVD
When you choose just a boot option it will boot on the chosen media only during this boot.
NOTE: If you think VMware boots too fast, you can add a delay for your convenience. Read my other post
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