On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 10:27:14PM -0400, Mark LaPierre wrote: > Hey Y'all, > > I added a new virtual HD on my existing SATA interface using the > Virtualbox manager. When I start the Win-7 VM the new drive does not > appear in Windows Explorer. > > I select the Win-7 VM on the Virtualbox manager. > I double click Storage on the Virtualbox manager. > I select the SATA interface in the storage dialog box. > I click the Add Attachment icon at the bottom of the storage dialog box. > I select "Add Hard Disk" > I select [Create New Disk] button. > I select VDI radio button and then [Next] button. > I select Dynamically Allocated radio button and then [Next] button. > I browse to the location where I want my new VDI, give it a name, and > click the [Save] button. > I click the [Create] button. > > The new virtual drive appears in the storage section of the Virtualbox > manager. > When I look on the host file system I see the new VDI file in the > location I chose. > When I fire up my Win-7 VM the new disk is not there. > > What am I doing wrong here?
Does the new drive show up in the guest's device manager? If so, then you need to partition and format it. Greg -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-mana...@eu.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
