Accessing Data in Virtual PC from Host PC

[MinalMoe]

Once the Virtual PC is running, is there any way the Host PC in which the Virtual PC resides, can access, share and use the data and files on the Virtual PC?

If there is, what is the set up to do that?

Does it make any difference whether Microsoft 2007 Virtual PC or VMWare is used?

Many thanks for any help.

 

[Nelviticus]

In VirtualPC, if you install the guest additions then in the VM settings you can add shared folders. The VM will see these as network shares. They are pretty slow but they work quite well.

There's no way of directly reading the VM's files on the host PC unless you use a 3rd-party tool to mount them, such as WinMount. I haven't used that but I don't think you'll be able to do it while the VM is running.

Actually I've just thought of a way, if you can network your host and guest then you should be able to share a folder on the guest (using the loopback adapter, see other posts on this forum) and see it on the host. I don't have time to try it though!

I don't use VMWare but I suspect you can do similar things with it.

Regards

Nelviticus

 

[SimonDavies]

You can use VMware Workstation and have it working straight away, you just need to enable 'Shared Folders' on the vm itself.

Simon

The real world is not about exam scores, it's about ability.

 

[MinalMoe]

I installed VMWare WorkStation, but it won't let me import the VHD or VMC file - any ideas?

 

[SimonDavies]

You would need to run the import, choose other and browse to the VMC file, this should then convert it just fine (done it myself a couple of times now).

I am using 6.5.1 tho.

Simon

The real world is not about exam scores, it's about ability.