Sometimes, you just have to move files from your VirtualBox’s Ubuntu 11.04 virtual machines to a Windows 7 host, but how? It’s simple really! There are couple ways of doing it, but I prefer to keep it simple. The steps are below:
1.Start VirtualBox
2.Highlight a virtual machine in the list of virtual machines
3.Click on Settings
4.Go to Shared Folders
5.Click on Add Shared Folders
6.From drop down box of Folder Path, choose Other
7.Pick a folder from your system that you have permission to access
8.Check the box that says Auto mount
9.Click OK button
10.Click OK button again to save everything
11.Start your Ubuntu 11.04 virtual machine (i.e., the one you have added a shared folder for
12.Inside Ubuntu 11.04 virtual machine, open up Control Center >> System >> Users and Groups
13.Click on Manage Groups
14.Scroll down till you see a group labeled as vboxsf, highlight it, and then click on Properties
15.Place a check mark inside a box next to the user that you want to give access to shared folder(s)
16.Click OK, and you have to enter your sudo’s password or root password or just a password of a user who has administrative authority
17.Navigate to folder/directory labeled as media inside Ubuntu 11.04 virtual machine using either Nautilus or Terminal
18.Change into the directory which begins with sf_, because a folder/directory inside media folder/directory that has sf_ prefix is a shared folder that you created earlier using VirtualBox.
19.If using Nautilus, you can right click on empty space to create a folder with a folder name of your choosing. If using Terminal, you can execute this command [mkdir Testing]. Remember, you should do this as a normal user, a user which you’d gave permission to access this shared folder a bit earlier using Ubuntu. If you can create a test folder with a folder name of your choosing inside the directory with prefix sf_ in folder/directory media, it means you are officially able to transfer files and folders inside Ubuntu 11.04 virtual machine to your Windows 7 host.
20.To double check to see if everything is working, navigate to your Windows 7 host and go to the shared folder that you’d allowed VirtualBox to share it with Ubuntu 11.04 virtual machine earlier. If everything is working out, you should now see a test folder/directory you had created in step 19
That’s it! Have fun moving files from your Ubuntu 11.04 virtual machine(s) to your Windows 7 Host and vice versa
1.Start VirtualBox
2.Highlight a virtual machine in the list of virtual machines
3.Click on Settings
4.Go to Shared Folders
5.Click on Add Shared Folders
6.From drop down box of Folder Path, choose Other
7.Pick a folder from your system that you have permission to access
8.Check the box that says Auto mount
9.Click OK button
10.Click OK button again to save everything
11.Start your Ubuntu 11.04 virtual machine (i.e., the one you have added a shared folder for
12.Inside Ubuntu 11.04 virtual machine, open up Control Center >> System >> Users and Groups
13.Click on Manage Groups
14.Scroll down till you see a group labeled as vboxsf, highlight it, and then click on Properties
15.Place a check mark inside a box next to the user that you want to give access to shared folder(s)
16.Click OK, and you have to enter your sudo’s password or root password or just a password of a user who has administrative authority
18.Change into the directory which begins with sf_, because a folder/directory inside media folder/directory that has sf_ prefix is a shared folder that you created earlier using VirtualBox.
19.If using Nautilus, you can right click on empty space to create a folder with a folder name of your choosing. If using Terminal, you can execute this command [mkdir Testing]. Remember, you should do this as a normal user, a user which you’d gave permission to access this shared folder a bit earlier using Ubuntu. If you can create a test folder with a folder name of your choosing inside the directory with prefix sf_ in folder/directory media, it means you are officially able to transfer files and folders inside Ubuntu 11.04 virtual machine to your Windows 7 host.
20.To double check to see if everything is working, navigate to your Windows 7 host and go to the shared folder that you’d allowed VirtualBox to share it with Ubuntu 11.04 virtual machine earlier. If everything is working out, you should now see a test folder/directory you had created in step 19
That’s it! Have fun moving files from your Ubuntu 11.04 virtual machine(s) to your Windows 7 Host and vice versa
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