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This image file is located in the installation directory of VirtualBox. To install the. Shared Folders are supported with Windows (2000 or newer), Linux and. 4+ Ways to Run Windows Software on Linux. Install Windows in a virtual machine program like. You can use VirtualBox’s seamless mode or VMware’s Unity.
There are several virtual machine managers present in the market. However, the main functionality of all VMs are the same. Most people like to get free VM managers, so that they can install as many operating systems as they like over the host operating systems. One of these free VM managers is Oracle's VM VirtualBox, which can be downloaded from for all popular operating systems, such as Linux, Windows and Mac. Once downloaded, setup a Guest OS (for which you can follow VM VirtualBox's provided instructions - installing Guest OS is not discussed here). VM does not provide usage of host drives/folders on Guest OS until they are explicitly shared.
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However, sharing host drives folders might not be as simple as clicking and enabling sharing. It needs some steps before you can use host drives and folders (and surely all the files contained in them).
I followed the steps provided from various help articles, but they were quite tricky and not straightforward and easy to implement. However, with little effort I worked out these issues. Before you implement these steps on your VM, make sure that you have:. Oracle VM VirtualBox. Your Host can be any OS.
The Guest can be any version of Microsoft Windows (98, XP, Vista, 7, etc.). I used Windows XP.
Now you can follow these steps: Step 1 Run your Host OS and launch VM VirtualBox. Step 2 Start your Guest OS in which you want to share drives/folders and files contained in them. Step 3 Click on 'Devices' tab provided on the VM VirtualBox taskbar and select 'Shared Folders' from the drop-down list.
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That's not enough click 'Devices' click 'Insert guest aditions to CD image' in the drop down one guest aditions setup visard for virtual machine will appear click 'Next' click 'Next' in instalation location dialog box click 'Instal' in choose components dialog box the box will scroll instalation details. You will be asked twaise 'un authoraised publisher'. Click 'Continue anyway' click 're boot' you will have your drives after re boot you have to repeat this procedure when ever you instals a new drive!
(For more resources related to this topic, see.) Basic requirements The following are the basic requirements for VirtualBox:. Processor: Any recent AMD/Intel processor is fine to run VirtualBox. Memory: This is dependent on the size of the RAM that is required for the host OS, plus the amount of RAM needed by the guest OS. In my test environment, I am using 4 GB RAM and going to run Enterprise 6.2 as the guest OS. Hard disk space: VirtualBox doesn’t need much space, but you need to plan out how much the host OS needs and how much you need for the guest OS. Host OS: You need to make sure that the host OS is certified to run VirtualBox.