installed software disappeared

[ben hobden]

HI everyone. I am new to linux and virtual box. I have set up ubuntu and fedora 14 on my virtual box (4.0.2) and both run fine enough.

The reason I specifically got fedora 14 was because i want to install a couple of bits of software which dont have vista 32 bit versions (the fedora i have installed on my vbox is fedora 64 bit).

Earlier today i downloaded one of the bits of software i wanted and tried to install it. I also bookmarked some websites. All seemed o.k, but I had to go to work so i powered off the virtual box and then shut down my pc. Tonight, on starting up my pc, loading vbox and booting up fedora, its as if i never did anything earlier. The downloads folder is empty, the install file on the desktop has disappeared, and the websites i bookmarked are no longer in the bookmarks list. Almost like fedora, or virtualbox, deleted my history. Is this typical? How do i go about configuring things so that when i create files or install software on fedora, they will still be there next time i boot up? Is this a vbox issue, or fedora issue?

Appreciate any help, got along way to go with this and am really out of my depth...

[Sasquatch]

It seems you're new to Linux and the concept of live CD's. That's what you're running inside VB, it's a live environment that resets when the machine reboots. You have to install it to the hard drive to keep all the changes.