Saturday, February 21, 2009

How to set up a USB Flash Drive from Windows to Windows in Virtual Box

Read the User Manual, available on http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads. Then,
Make sure the windows guest is dormant
Plug the Flash Drive into the Computer
Edit the VM Settings
Enable USB
Enable USB 2.0
Create a Filter
move the mouse over the add filter button and the USB devices will appear in the display box. This box is active. Select the one you want. If this is not obvious, then you can test this by removing the USB .
Start the VM and wait for Windows to do its plug and play magic.



This process was developed using a Windows Vista 32 bit guest and a Windows Vista 64 bit host, and a patched version of Virtual Vox 2.1.3

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