Access to folders inside V-Box

sdavmor sdavmor at systemstheory.net
Sun Aug 2 17:45:18 UTC 2009


Chris Mohler wrote:
>> I am not sure I understood shared folder right.  I read the Virtual Box manual and understood that the shared folder is in the Host's filesystem that could be read from inside the V-Box's Windows XP guest.  I looked for vice versa ... reading folders inside the Windows XP from the Host side.  I looked for it somewhere else in the manual, but I couldn't find it. Did I miss it?
> 
> Here is a relevant discussion:
> http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=4748
> 
> But I (personally) would be hesitant to make any changes to a mounted
> .vdi image.  For me, accessing a shared folder from the guest OS (XP)
> works well enough, and without any hitches.  I have XP map a network
> drive on startup and then put a link on the XP desktop for easy
> access...
> 
> Chris

That's what I do too.  I keep very little information inside the .vdi.
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