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Does Hyper V on Windows 2008 R2 support USB devices and CDs?
Just installed a Windows Server 2008 VM with Hyper V on a Windows 2008 R2 Server. I would like to transfer some installation software to the VM OS with a USB drive. How would I do this? Thanks
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Why couldnt you? Hyper is just a layer software ustilizing the same hardware your USB would..
Hyper-V doesn't pass through USB ports (yet). The only MS virtualization that does is Virtual PC that runs on Windows 7. Burn your data to DVD and mount the media or go over the network.
Hyper V doesn't support USB pass through ,, transfer your data to the VM through network , or add your files to an ISO image using softwares like ultraiso or poweriso and mount it inside the VM from the virtual machine console.
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Will try the work around later this week. Thanks
If I mount a CD or DVD into the host server, will it also be visible on a drive in the Hyper V VM?
If I mount a CD or DVD into the host server, will it also be visible on a drive in the Hyper V VM?
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I chose add DVD drive and then physical Drive D. When I close the window and reopen it disappears. When you add the drive where do you see the files on the CD? Thanks
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.
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