How Can I Boot From A USB Flash Drive in Virtualbox

How Can I Boot From A USB Flash Drive in Virtualbox

VirtualBox was not designed to boot from a USB, but what if you want to boot from a USB Flash Drive in Virtualbox? well there is a easy way to boot from a USB in a VM. Its called Virtual Machine USB Boot

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[dogedibest]

Everyone who have this error: startvm is an option for the VirtualBox VM runner (VirtualBoxVM) application, not the VirtualBox Manager.
You need Virtual box v5. It does not work with v6

[MarioTetris]

Thank you so so much, I was finally able to boot from my external hard drive! Man, I gotta subscribe to you.

[MrRacine]

What would you recommend for booting a hard drive with a virtual machine?

[technology]

Hello! “FATAL:Could not read from the boot medium! System halted “error message is displayed. What is the reason?

[JohnSmithSuomenMasteri]

doesnt work for virtualbox 7.0
it creates vmdk disk linked to usb drive but it cant start vm.
One may want to consider these:
cmd as admin,
wmic diskdrive list,
"C:\Program createmedium disk --filename "V:\VMS\VM_USB_boot\phd3_usb" --format=VMDK --variant rawdisk --property RawDrive=\\.\PHYSICALDRIVEX
where X is drive nuimber.
Then add created disk to vm and boot.

[iamtheyikes]

i keep getting the error: --startvm is an option for the VirtualBox VM runner (VirtualBoxVM) application, not the VirtualBox Manager.

[ttig]

Is it the same process for an Ubuntu VM?

[tiagooofc]

But, can i use it to boot on my real machine?

[mihneaguliman]

i run it as administrator and doesn't work

[DJ-strs]

You didnt explain where the download fits in with all of this, missing a few explanations, without those explanations it would be a waste of time trying to follow along

[alahyanesaid]

Does anybody has a clue on how to install Windows 10 on a remote accessed desktop (VPS)?

[NoOb-trvr]

waste of time in 2020 his version of virtual box its late

[one]

Edit: Changing the version to Virtual Box 5.2 ended up fixing the issue.

Keeps telling me "Could not automatically add the drive(s) to the VirtualBox VM.
Possible reason: unable to find a storage controller in the VirtualBox VM,
please add one and try again.
You can do that by starting the VirtualBox Manager, editing the VM's storage options
and adding a storage controller.
Are you sure you want to continue (not recommended)...?"
Trying to get an OS installed with Yumi working on a VM.

What I've tried so far:
1. Making sure that both programs were opened in Administrator mode.
2. Trying the IDE option as well
3. Clicking "Enable EFI"

[blayneal]

Unable to find storage controller in VirtualBox...I followed what you did and I'm running both things under administrator...

[devinlucaschu]

im keep getting this error "--startvm is an option for the VirtualBox VM runner (VirtualBoxVM) application, not the VirtualBox Manager.

" plz help

[tenminutetokyo]

How about imaging an existing VirtualBox Win 10 .vdi to a bootable USB drive for another computer?

[IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

Great video Brian! i was wondering how to do this the other day, thank you very much for sharing the video.👍😎JP

[devicemodder]

really wish this program was updated by its creator to work with virtualbox 7...

[Draky]

So the answer is you can't... you need another program to cohost the boot...

[Asimov]

The biggest thing to note here is to make sure you run "virtual machine usb" in administrator mode. Even though it said it in the video I forgot and it didn't work. I am also getting an error --startvm is an option for the VirtualBox VM runner (VirtualBoxVM) application. This stops the virtual machine starting up, but I can still run it manually after virtualbox starts up.