Category Archives: How-to

Accessing VirtualBox shared folder from Windows Server 2008 guest OS

If you need to access VirtualBox shared folders from a Windows Server 2008 guest OS, do not use the Network entry in Windows Explorer to map a network drive, since you will not be able to view the share. The easiest way is to load the command line in Windows Server 2008, and assuming your

Copying / Cloning VirtualBox 3 vdi files

If you need to create a new copy of a VirtualBox machine, i.e. clone the machine, do not copy the vdi files directly. If you do so, when you try to add the hard disk using the Virtual Media Manager you will get an error that an existing hard disk is already mounted. VirtualBox stores