MiniTool <\/a>tutorial, but there is no U disk to boot. However, some people prefer to boot the VirtualBox OS from USB so that they can save space, etc.<\/p>\nAs this option isn\u2019t exposed in the interface and requires some digging, it may not always work perfectly. It worked fine with Ubuntu 14.04 on a Windows host, but don\u2019t be surprised if you encounter problems with some configurations.<\/p>\n
How to Make VirtualBox Boot from USB<\/strong><\/p>\nIn this part, I will take Windows as an example to show you how to make VirtualBox boot from USB. Refer to the steps I listed:<\/p>\n
Step 1:<\/strong> Make sure you have VirtualBox installed on your system. Then, connect the USB drive containing the operating system you want to boot to your computer.<\/p>\nStep 2:<\/strong> Press “Windows + R<\/strong>” keys, type “diskmgmt.msc<\/strong>” into the Run<\/strong> dialog, and press Enter<\/strong> to open the Disk Management<\/strong> window. In the window, note down the disk number associated with the USB drive. In the following picture, the disk number is Disk 1.<\/p>\n
Step 3:<\/strong> Close any open VirtualBox windows. Then, open a Command Prompt as Administrator. Here are two ways for you:<\/p>\n\nOn Windows 7:<\/strong> Open the Start<\/strong> menu, search for Command Prompt<\/strong>, right-click the Command Prompt shortcut, and select Run as administrator<\/strong>.<\/li>\nOn Windows 8 or 10:<\/strong> Press Windows Key + X<\/strong> and click Command Prompt (Administrator)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nStep 4:<\/strong> In the Command Prompt window, type the following commands and press Enter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\ncd %programfiles%\\Oracle\\VirtualBox <\/strong>(This command will navigate to the directory where the VirtualBox is located, but if you installed VirtualBox to a custom directory, the directory path in the command should be replaced accordingly).<\/li>\nVBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename C:\\usb.vmdk -rawdisk \\\\.\\PhysicalDrive#<\/strong> (vmdk<\/strong> is a virtual machine disk file related to the USB device. C:\\usb.vmdk<\/strong> is the file path where you want to save the usb.vmdk file. # is the disk number you noted down before.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Step 5:<\/strong> Create a virtual machine based on the usb.vmdk<\/strong> file.<\/p>\n\nRight click the VirtualBox shortcut and select Run as administrator<\/strong>. Only in this way, VirtualBox can access raw disk devices.<\/li>\nCreate a new virtual machine by clicking the New<\/strong> button and go through the wizard. Select the operating system on the USB drive when prompted.<\/li>\nWhen you\u2019re asked to select a hard disk, select Use an existing virtual hard drive file<\/strong>, click the button to browse for the file, and navigate to the file path (for example, C:\\usb.vmdk) where the vmdk file is saved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
After completing the above steps, you can boot the virtual machine and it should boot the operating system from your USB drive, just as if you were booting it on a normal computer. But when you boot VirtualBox from USB, there are some notes for you:<\/p>\n
\nThe USB drive containing the OS image should be inserted into your computer.<\/li>\n The VirtualBox should be run as an administrator.<\/li>\n The USB device must be the first hard disk in your virtual machine or VirtualBox won\u2019t boot from it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nIf you\u2019re using\u00a0 VMware instead of VirtualBox, try using the Plop Boot Manger to boot from USB in VMware<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VirtualBox is one of the most popular solutions used to manage and run virtual machines….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t
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