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Accessing Existing NTFS Partitions in Windows Guest

Posted: 22. Jun 2011, 22:41
by jamesericjoyner
I previously used MS Windows XP MCE for my OS, and during that usage, I created a number of NTFS partitions. I recently switched to Ubuntu 11.04 as my OS, but I needed to keep the previously created NTFS partitions. I now have MS Windows XP MCE installed as a guest OS in VirtualBox, and I would like to be able to access (read/write) those partitions from the guest OS. Is this possible?

Thanks

Re: Accessing Existing NTFS Partitions in Windows Guest

Posted: 22. Jun 2011, 22:52
by Sasquatch
Sure. Mount them on the Host, Linux is perfectly capable of accessing NTFS partitions, then share them with the Guest using Shared Folders. See the manual on how to set them up.

Re: Accessing Existing NTFS Partitions in Windows Guest

Posted: 23. Jun 2011, 02:20
by jamesericjoyner
Thanks for your help.