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Virtualbox usb drive problem
Running VirtualBox 3.2.10 r66223 on a Dell Optiplex 980
The Host o/s is Windows 7 Pro
The guest o/s is Windows 2000 Pro
The problem: No USB drives are recognized by the guest o/s. The host can see the usb drive. In the guest o/s device manager there is a yellow questionmark by the universal serial bus. I have installed all the guest add on’s already.
What must I do to enable the guest o/s to see the usb drive?
I have been to forums.virtualbox.org but no one answers my question there.
The Host o/s is Windows 7 Pro
The guest o/s is Windows 2000 Pro
The problem: No USB drives are recognized by the guest o/s. The host can see the usb drive. In the guest o/s device manager there is a yellow questionmark by the universal serial bus. I have installed all the guest add on’s already.
What must I do to enable the guest o/s to see the usb drive?
I have been to forums.virtualbox.org but no one answers my question there.
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Hello someone0:
The link does not work. What other link might you know of?
The link does not work. What other link might you know of?
The link works, but it seem the server is very slow or busy. You can try google "boot-your-usb-drive-in-vi
Here is another one, it basically the same method.
Here is another one, it basically the same method.
ASKER
someone0:
Thank you for the new link. It works.
I have a functioning instance of VirtualBox. it is running on Windows 7 pc (dell Optiplex 980 64 bit). The guest o/s is Windows 2000 pro. There is a usb drive connected to the Optiplex and Windows 7 can see and use it.
The problem: The guest o/s cannot connect to the usb drive. What do I modify (if anything) in the post you sent to me to enable the guest o/s to see the usb drive?
Thank you for the new link. It works.
I have a functioning instance of VirtualBox. it is running on Windows 7 pc (dell Optiplex 980 64 bit). The guest o/s is Windows 2000 pro. There is a usb drive connected to the Optiplex and Windows 7 can see and use it.
The problem: The guest o/s cannot connect to the usb drive. What do I modify (if anything) in the post you sent to me to enable the guest o/s to see the usb drive?
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1. you don't plug in USB until guest OS already loaded. And have the guest OS grab the USB device instead of host OS.
2. if USB is required upon guest OS boot or method 1 doesn't work. you have to manually create the vmdk file that link to the usb device(not partition). This can be done by using VBoxManage command in the dos box. Check out this link for more detail.