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The process is basically the same on Linux and Mac host systems.

Be sure the USB drive is the first disk in the list. If you want to install an operating system from the USB drive, you’ll need to add a hard disk later from within the virtual machine’s settings window. In other words, you can’t simply create a standard virtual machine and attach the USB device later. Note that the USB device must be the first hard disk in your virtual machine or VirtualBox won’t boot from it. When you’re asked to select a hard disk, select Use an existing virtual hard drive file, click the button to browse for the file, and navigate to it - that’s C:\usb.vmdk if you didn’t select your own path.īoot the virtual machine and it should boot the operating system from your USB drive, just as if you were booting it on normal computer. Select the operating system on the USB drive when prompted.

VirtualBox can only access raw disk devices with administrator privileges.Ĭreate a new virtual machine by clicking the New button and go through the wizard. Right-click the VirtualBox shortcut and select Run as administrator. When you load the VMDK file as a drive in VirtualBox, VirtualBox will actually access the physical device. This command creates a virtual machine disk (VMDK) file that points to the physical drive you select. You can replace C:\usb.vmdk with any file path you want. VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename C:\usb.vmdk -rawdisk \\.\PhysicalDrive # Type the following command into the Command Prompt window, replacing # with the number of the disk you found above, and press Enter.

If you installed VirtualBox to a custom directory, you’ll need to replace the directory path in the command with the path to your own VirtualBox directory: This command will change to VirtualBox’s default installation directory. Type the following command into the Command Prompt window and press Enter. On Windows 8 or 8.1, press Windows Key + X and click Command Prompt (Administrator). On Windows 7, open the Start menu, search for Command Prompt, right-click the Command Prompt shortcut, and select Run as administrator. Next, open a Command Prompt as Administrator.