

In the Mount point field, enter either a letter if you’re using a Windows client or a folder name if you’re using a Linux client, under which the OS will try to mount your folder. This has been bothering me for some time. Look at: How to share your computer files with a virtual machine Share Improve this answer Follow answered at 9:26 Yaniv Shaked 678 6 12 I will try that. Enable Auto-mount if it’s not active so that you won’t have to mount the folder manually each time in the client OS.ħ. A nice solution could be to share a directory on your host machine with the virtual machine, so you can copy your files in and out. Open VirtualBox and install the Extension Pack if you haven’t already done so. Make sure Read-only is disabled if you want both host and client to have read and write access to its contents.Ħ. Insert the USB drive to the PC with the VirtualBox VM. Choose the path of the actual folder that will be shared in Folder Path.ĥ. Click on the icon with the Plus sign to add a new shared folder.ģ. To use shared folders in VirtualBox clients, open your VM’s settings:Ģ. You can copy and move files to and from it, then detach it from the VM to access its contents on the host PC. While the VM is active, find your flash drive in “Devices -> USB.” Choose it for it to detach from your host PC and attach to the guest OS.ĥ.
