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How to access harddisk from virtual box
Posted: 4. Jan 2015, 14:43
by pnperl
Using Virtual box v4.3 on Windows 8.1 x64.
I am running windows XP SP3 x86 from virtual box but I cannot access my local hard disk drives.
Any solution?
Re: How to access harddisk from VMware virtual box
Posted: 4. Jan 2015, 14:45
by loukingjr
VirtualBox is not from VMWare.
Re: How to access harddisk from virtual box
Posted: 4. Jan 2015, 14:48
by loukingjr
Good job.
Need more info than I can't do something.
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Re: How to access harddisk from virtual box
Posted: 4. Jan 2015, 14:57
by mpack
Your XP guest is a separate PC. It can't use the same hard disk as your host PC. However you can easily create a shared folder once you install the Guest Additions. See the Guest Additions chapter in the user manual, and the Shared Folders part of the VM settings.
Re: How to access harddisk from virtual box
Posted: 4. Jan 2015, 20:06
by pnperl
mpack wrote:Your XP guest is a separate PC. It can't use the same hard disk as your host PC. However you can easily create a shared folder once you install the Guest Additions. See the Guest Additions chapter in the user manual, and the Shared Folders part of the VM settings.
thanks for reply, Downloading guest additions ISO
Re: How to access harddisk from virtual box
Posted: 4. Jan 2015, 21:53
by dlharper
pnperl wrote:thanks for reply, Downloading guest additions ISO
You do not need to download the Guest Additions ISO. It is already there as part of VirtualBox - just select it from the "Devices" menu, or press Host-D.
Don't mix up Guest Additions with the Extension Pack. You do need to download the Ext Pack (if you are going to use it) but it is quite a different thing from GAs.