Someone will probably tell me that there are Using VirtualBox's USB support and cloned the physical disk onto the Once the VM was up and running, I connected the USB drive to the VM Rescue CD that I use for partitioning and disk backups.

Machine with a virtual disk the same size as the physical disk. I started VirtualBox and created a new virtual Indicate that the partition was in working order and the data Handy laptop disk caddy lying around in my office which enables you toĬonvert a laptop hard disk into an external USB drive, so I took theĭisk out of the laptop and put it in that. The first thing to do is clone the disk into VirtualBox. Is foolish enough to try this in the future. So, I thought I'd document what I did for the benefits of anyone who Since it seems that several other people have tried to import anĮxisting Windows XP installation into VirtualBox and had problems doing Having to install everything from scratch, and I've become quite a big Into Windows (no boot device, apparently). Of its own accord whilst compiling some code and now no longer boots it still runs the POST checks OK - but it won't rebooted Not a complete 'nothing happens when I turn it on' kind of death On Monday morning one of the laptops I use for developing softwareĭied. Just check the box in front of your username and click the 'OK' button when you're done.Ĭlose the 'Group settings' and 'Users Settings' windows and log out.Importing an Existing Windows XP Installation into VirtualBox Wednesday, 03 June 2009 Select it and then click on the 'Properties' button.Īnother window will appear, called 'Group 'vboxusers' Properties. In the 'Groups settings' window that will appear, scroll down until you see the vboxusers entry. Type your password and click the 'Authenticate' button. Go to System -> Administration -> Users and Groups. This is how a default installation of VirtualBox in Ubuntu 9.04 shows the USB devices, and we need to fix it. This tutorial was created mostly for my needs, but I am sure that many of you will find it very helpful. What to do? Well, below is the answer to the endless VirtualBox – USB issue (and it's pretty damn simple too!). Firing up Firefox and searching on Google for a fix takes too long, because there are many old tutorials that teach you how to modify various files or change permissions, etc. To my surprise, I can see the printer in the USB device list of VirtualBox, but I can't access it (very frustrating). I have a Windows installation in a virtual machine just for this reason (sad, I know) and I want to access my printer, which is connected via a USB port. Let's say that I want to print some photos quickly, to give them to someone. I am a 100% Linux user and I have a photo printer that Linux can't recognize. Is an issue with VirtualBox and the attached USB devices that many of us are trying to use in the virtual machine.

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