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Aboonah
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Contributor

How to access host drives from XP Guest OS?

This one I have not been able to figure out...

When I start virtual XP, the host hard-drives and cd/dvd drives and/or mapped drives don't appear. What is necessary to make them accessible to the guest?

TIA

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WoodyZ
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If a supported Guest OS and VMware Tools are installed you can use the Shared Folders feature. You can look in the Help File for Shared Folders. Note the reason I stated "supported Guest OS" is in some cases even with VMware Tools are installed on an unsupported Guest OS the HGFS is problematic and my not have access to Shared Folders.

Or you can use standard SMB/CIFS Shares just as if between physical machines.

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