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When I install a partition manager like e.g. Acronis Disk Director on the virtual machine, can I then partition the real / primary system (with or without all VNs or one VN) in an easy way like I could it (or similar to it), if I would have installed the partition manager on the primary system?

Nice greetings, Dirk

P.S. By the way, what does this mean (on the right nearby this post):

Primary OS: MS Windows Vista
VBox Version: OSE other
Guest OSses: XP, Vista

Primary OS means the actually used, the real existing operating system.
VBox Version, the newest seems to be 3.0.2? But "OSE"?
Guest OSses means which operating systems are installed / running in a VN / box?

A VDI is a flat single file on the Host, you can't do anything with the real Host disk from a VM.
About your other questions: Read the Forum FAQ and the QuickClick FAQ, its all in there.

If you install a partition manager on the Guest VM, then it will only allow the managing of the virtual hard drive. You can't manage your physical hard drive with it.

The information on the right, below your username is the information you entered during registration on this forum. We expect you to use the values that are asked. In case of Primary OS, it's the HOST OS you're using the most with VB installed. Next is the version of VB. If you downloaded the installer from the website, like for Windows, you have the PUEL version. The OSE version is only available if you compiled it yourself, or use Linux and grab it from the default repo that is shipped with the distribution. The last value is the Guest OSs you're running, e.g. Ubuntu and Windows Vista.

Many thanks for your fast answers.

A VDI is a flat single file on the Host,...

I assume, that means the VM / virtual box is one single file, so each VM consists of just one single file on the host disk / the real existing system.

About your other questions: Read the Forum FAQ and the QuickClick FAQ, its all in there.

Sorry, I couldn't find the information there, must have missed anything, but thanks to Sasquatch I do know now.

So if I see right, I assume, this wouldn't work: to install e.g. Office 2007 / Outlook (or any other application) in a box / on a VM and having all personal data (or the data of any other application) like e-mails, addresses, settings, files like .pst on my primary system / the host. And vice versa, installing Office on the real system and storing all the data on a VM. And so I couldn't back up files, folders being on a VM to my real system and vice versa. And this kind of data exchange doesn't work also from one VM to another one, I assume.

Many thanks again, nice greetings, Dirk

Oh, the sharing of the files can be done just fine. It only involves network shares. You have to point your client to use a specific folder that you share. Guest to Host can be done using Shared Folders. The other way around is using network shares.

Okay, thanks Sasquatch,

Yes, I will try it with the shared folders.

Nice greetings, Dirk