Maybe my last mail was to short.. The Windows XP disk manager can be find in: My computer, right click, manage. In the tree Storage choose Disk Manager, your second disk should appear there.. Choose the second disk and choose format..
On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Armindo Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 6:05 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I have Linux as HOST and WindowsXP as GUEST... wanted to add a virtual >> disk to the guest system, created it and added it as PRIMARY SLAVE but >> windows does not show it in MyPC browser, just C: and D:[dvdrom] >> >> The strange part is that if I go to the HARDWARE MANAGER it shows *2* hard >> disks as VBOX HARDDISK, in the VirtualBox status bar where appear the HDD, >> CD/DVD, Floppy, USB, Network, etc. if I place the mouse over the HDD icon >> it shows: >> >> Primary Master: .../WindowsXP.vdi >> Primary Slave: .../VirtualDisk.vdi >> >> So, if it is correctly installed, it is recognized by the VBOX and it >> appears in the hardware manager, why the hell windows does not show it as >> D: or E: >> > > Because it is not formatted.. You have to the disk manager and format it.. > >> >> It is not partitioned nor formatted, but when you plug a new disk to >> windows it shows the drive although it is not formatted, you right click >> the drive and select FORMAT. >> >> Have just upgraded to VBOX 2.0.4 and added the new virtual disk after the >> upgrade. >> >> Thanks for any help >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> vbox-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users >> > > > > -- > > > > -- > "The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a > little way past them into the impossible." > Sir Arthur C. Clarke > -- -- "The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible." Sir Arthur C. Clarke
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