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vb ubuntu 19.10 how to mount windows HD

Asked by Wojciech Guzinski

I have installed ubuntu 19.10 on the VirtualBox 6.0
How to mount windows drives (HD and USB) ?
I had already mounted USB drive but I lost this mount (?) and can't recover this mount.

Pleas help, Wojtek

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Do you mean the file systems in the host system into the guest OS?

Be sure to install the Virtualbox guest additions in Ubuntu as a good starting point

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Wojciech Guzinski (wojtekg) said : 		#2

If I remember I have installed guest additions, so I could successfully mount USB drive (as I mentioned), but I forgot how I did it :(

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Wojciech Guzinski (wojtekg) said : 		#3

Meantime, after several attempts (logoff/login) finally I see my USB drive, but question about windows C: ans D: drives is still valid.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E36500_01/E36502/html/images/vm-guest-additions-web.png

Spuriously rebooting your system won't make file systems magically mount....

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Did you install the guest additions?

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#6

Install the guest additions if you haven't yet done that - see https://www.tecmint.com/install-virtualbox-guest-additions-in-ubuntu/

And then I would define the c drive as shared folder and mount the shared folder - see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmjwM2P2cjs

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Wojciech Guzinski (wojtekg) said : 		#7

I can't complete instruction given in link: https://www.tecmint.com/install-virtualbox-guest-additions-in-ubuntu/

3. Next, from the Virtual Machine menu bar, go to Devices => click on Insert Guest Additions CD image as shown in the screenshot. This helps to mount the Guest Additions ISO file inside your virtual machine.

because I have no menu bar (???)

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Wojciech Guzinski (wojtekg) said : 		#8

OK, problem resolved (right Ctrl+Home) displays menu
I could complete task - windows folder is shared and mounted in VB