How to Install Your VirtualBox VM on an External Drive

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[isaiah]

Mans had 6 percent battery left and still made a video. Respect

[hj.mokhtarstork]

Sir.. I am 78 years old. I tried this out. It took me several days to master how to go about installing a Virtual Machine on a USB but I got it right. My Windows XP works on 32 GB. Thanks. God bless.

[LioPrime]

hm theres an error:
Can't create medium ...
Failed to create medium storage at E:\Virtual Machines\Windows XP\Windows XP.vdi
i am using windows though

[SeaRatul]

Thanks you for this video! I just got my new Mac and I have like 30 virtual machines with Linux and windows so this was useful because I didn’t put want to max my drive out on my Mac.

[sanika_chavan]

Thanks a
My mac only 128GB. This video was lifesaver!!!

[pulkitgoyal]

Can we use rest of the space on SSD for storing photos documents and videos after moving VM to SSD?

[hmar]

Hello thank you for your video on installing a virtual machine one a usb! I have an external drive and wanted to know if I can do the same thing without my laptop using its memory? I have been having alot of trouble installing different vm's because I only have 8 gigs of ram on my laptop?

[suspectedstar]

But how do you make it a bootable drive?

[atharwakharkar]

Don't know but the external hdd is getting too hot while using this method.

[paumunkhai]

i have a "failed to open session error" when i click add button after starting the machine.

[emmet]

Awesome video I love how you explain everything. Bravo!

[yeayea]

What about boot loader?
You don’t say anything about installation

[superfatcatgaming]

does the same rules apply to windows 11, for the app?

[mzzcognac]

Ben, you skipping a step. What did you do with the windows?

[betterleader]

Thank you so much for the video. So helpful!

[AliaCherry]

Hello, is there a way to do this with a Macbook with M2 processor ? VirtualBox only works with Intel ones...

[mohamedmimonasbai]

Every single time you will have to put in your USB

[MilMike]

is there a way to install the OS on external HD using virtualbox and use that external drive later in a real machine?

[DebbieBarrie-lm]

If I create a folder on my hard drive for the VM, when I go through disk allocation, will it only consider that folder the "drive" for allocation sake? I dont want to have to delete some other files I have stored outside the folder.

[hypocz]

Hi, thank you so much for this video I am trying to set a Virtual Machine but I am wondering before I do that when I set up Virtual Box, and press create a Hard Drive will it make a new virtual hard drive that is going to be visible in my File Explorer next to the C and D drive?