Whatever the reason it might be, VirtualBox on Windows 10 offers two ways to share files, including using a shared folder or mapping a folder as a network drive in the guest operating system. as also stated in Alvin Sim's answer (assumes you have an ftp server on your Windows host).Ī simple samba mount from the guest: mount -t cifs //winhost/share /home/yourname/mntpoint -o user=winusr%paswd,uid=0,gid=0,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777įor small volumes and frequent synchronisation, open a dropbox account.After you create a virtual machine on VirtualBox, sometimes, you may need to share files between the host and guest operating systems to install apps or work with documents.Īlthough you can configure the virtualization solution to drag and drop files, you can also set up a folder on the host device to share files with the virtual machine. In addition, you can also use this approach when, for example, the feature to mount an ISO file or storage peripherals doesn’t work with the virtual machine. Shared folder as stated in laebshade's and Alvin Sim's answers. This operation is equivalent to physically inserting your USB key in a USB port of your guest machine.

In your VirtualBox window select the 'Devices => usb devices' menu item on the top left guest window menu and select your USB key. Whenever you insert an USB key, if you want to see it in the guest proceed as follows:Ĭleanly unmount the USB from windows by clicking on the corresponding icon in the bottom right corner and selecting the 'safely remove. From your question I imagine you run Ubuntu in a guest and the host is Windows.

In any case, you can easily make the USB key visible in the guest. You shall find your stuffs in this GUEST_SHARE folder. sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-utils If you see the error mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on …, this means you first need to install virtualbox-guest-utils. In Guest terminal, type sudo mount -t vboxsf HOST_SHARE GUEST_SHARE`

In Guest machine, create a new folder, e.g.

Remember your newly folder Name shown in this list.

After adding your Host folder path, you will see an updated Folders List in Shared Folders.

In Shared Folders, add your interested folder in the Host machine.

In Guest Settings, scroll the left side-menu, and go to Shared Folders.

OK, here are my detailed steps using Alvin Sim's Option 1. Though it is clear, I still spend some time to do everything correct.

Share files between host and virtualbox