Right click on it and select Map Network Drive from the menu that comes up. Find My Network Places, either on the Windows desktop if you put it there, or in the Start menu. Now, to access the shared folder in Windows.ģ. Once these fields are filled in, click on OK to exit the Add Share box, click on OK to exit the Shared Folders box, and your shared folder is set up. This name doesn't have to match the Ubuntu folder name. In the Folder Name field, put in whatever name you want to use for the share in Windows. In the Folder Path field, enter the Ubuntu path of the folder you want to share, for example: /media/USBdrive (if you have a USB drive mounted in Ubuntu as /media/USBdrive) or whatever the path to the folder is. This will bring up the Add Share dialog box. Click on the Add A New Shared Folder button, which is in the upper right corner of the dialog box, with a + symbol on it. This will bring up the Shared Folders dialog box. In your virtual XP or W2K window, select Devices > Shared Folders.
And you don't need to use ANY command line instructions to do it. You don't have to make a special folder for this in Ubuntu, you can use any existing folder, including a mounted USB drive. Sometimes it's a little slow, and sometimes it ignores you, but be patient or try it again if nothing happens.
HOW TO USE USB DEVICE IN VIRTUALBOX INSTALL
To do this, start your virtual XP system, then select Devices > Install Guest Additions. Make sure that the Guest Additions are installed. This is what you do for a virtual XP in a Ubuntu host.ġ. All you have to do is use the shared folder feature of virtualBox. I see a lot of people having trouble with accessing USB drives in virtualBox, but it is really quite easy, and if you do it the easy way, it will work even with the OSE version of VBox.