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Attach it the virtual machine: Settings -> Storage -> Storage Devices.įirst, a click on “Adds hard disk” would show a menu to add a new hard disk and then a click on “Add” (“Add Disk Image”) shows a file browse dialog to locate the VMDK file.VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename /home/myuser/.VirtualBox/ -rawdisk /dev/sdc VBoxManage.exe internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename "c:\Users\homer\.VirtualBox\windows11pro-install-usb.vmdk" -rawdisk \\.\PhysicalDrive3

Make the VMDK from the USB physical device.

This is the third disk device (including USB disk devices) connected to the machine. Under Windows, it would be something like “\\.\PhysicalDrive3” (open “Disk Management” if not sure) and under Linux it would be /dev/sdc, for example.

Attach the USB drive and find its device path.First, at present, booting from USB is impossible with VirtualBox! But there is a really easy workaround to use VMDK, which is just a container file describing physical devices (or files) to use in virtual machines like VirtualBox or VMware.īecause the USB is just another physical device attached to the machine this article will help to attach the USB drive to a virtual machine – Add a raw disk to a virtualbox virtual machine.