This is similar to the flash drive method, but you don't need any physical flash drive to pull this off. Method #2: Burn to an ISO (Thanks to /u/CaponeFroyo for this method)Īnother way of transferring files to a VM is through a virtual ISO. Inside your virtual machine you should be able to access the drive and copy files from/to it. Once it's ready, plug in your flash drive again. Start your virtual machine and wait for it to boot up.

Go ahead and eject and unplug your flash drive. Now, your flash drive is set up to be patched into your virtual machine, so your virtual machine can see that your flash drive is connected to it.

Select your flash drive from the list (Usually listed as 'Generic Mass Storage' or the name of your flash drive manufacturer). On the right side, click on the plus icon. Open your Virtual Machine settings (the orange gear icon) and select USB from the left panel. Copy the file to the flash drive, but don't eject it just yet! However, for small files, it works very well.įirst, shut down the virtual machine and plug the flash drive into your computer (It can be helpful to format it as FAT32 for greatest compatibility, but you should be fine). Keep in mind that if you have a large file, this method may not be very fast. In this case I'll use an Android VM, but the steps should be similar for most.

if you're running Android or headless Linux), you can try these methods of file transferįor this method you'll need a regular flash drive (or any external storage device) that's large enough to hold whatever you're trying to transfer and a guest OS that supports USB storage (most do). If you can't get guest additions installed (i.e. Transferring files without guest additions

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