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How to make Virtual Box work to switch from Mac to Windows?

Posted: 21. Aug 2009, 08:46
by Stuartp77
I bought a MacBook recently and installed XP on its own partition, then downloaded Virtual Box to enable me to switch from Mac to XP without re-booting which is what I'm doing now.

But I can't make it work and if somebody knows how I'd be most appreciative for help.

Thanks,
Stuartp77

Re: How to make Virtual Box work to switch from Mac to Windows?

Posted: 21. Aug 2009, 16:03
by JimBushWhack
See the numerous threads in this forum that talk about the failure of getting bootcamp partitions to work with VirtualBox. There is currently an active thread entitled:
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=19866
There is also an open ticket on this problem as well. See:
http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/1461

Re: How to make Virtual Box work to switch from Mac to Windows?

Posted: 21. Aug 2009, 16:12
by JimBushWhack
Sorry to waste folks time and forum space. For some reason when I put in a URL path, only part of it comes out. It looked fine in a preview too. In any case, here is the title in text:
"Using Windows Bootcamp Partition with VirtualBox?"

Re: How to make Virtual Box work to switch from Mac to Windows?

Posted: 21. Aug 2009, 19:57
by Sasquatch
Jim, the forum software removes the main part of the URL, like the domain path and all. If you hover your mouse on the link, you will see that the entire URL is used, only the text shown is different. Check my example below. I've also removed your duplicate posts.

Stuartp77:
Check the VirtualBox FAQ to learn more about virtualization. Also check the User Manual to learn a bit more about how VB works and what it offers.