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hi guys i have installed virtualbox and im running win xp on ubuntu with virtualbox OSE.but when my usb disk doesnt show up in xp which is running with virtualbox?but ...
  1. 02-18-2011 #1
    johnhagen
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    virtualbox?

    hi guys

    i have installed virtualbox and im running win xp on ubuntu with virtualbox OSE.but when my usb disk doesnt show up in xp which is running with virtualbox?but i can see it on ubuntu.xp(which is running on virtualbox) shows cd driver but not usb driver.

    any idea?

    thanks.
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    Did you install the free version from Ubuntu repositories? It is not as feature rich as the "non-free" version which you can download from their website. The non-free version has support for usb among other advantages.
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  3. 02-19-2011 #3
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    thanks dapper dan thats what i have installed but there was another problem and i fixed .
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    Please do tell us your solution, it could be useful to many others. Thanks and have a great day.
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