Shared Disk Drives Do Not Show Up on XP Windows VPC

[neelskit]

With Integration Features enabled, The disk drives that are selected in settings do not appear on the XP VM, except for USB Drives.

I have tried uninstalling/installing Integration Features on the VM as well as removing/installing Windows Virtual PC on the host OS.

Any ideas?

Machine: Lenovo IdeaPad Z575
AMD A6-3420M Quad Core 1.5GHz 6GB Ram
Host OS: Windows Home Premium x64
VM OS: Windows XP Pro SP3 x32

 

[neelskit]

Anybody?

 

[Indianatone]

Sometimes you have to enter a user name and password on the share on the VM, could this be the issue?

 

[neelskit]

Would I be prompted for a login or is there something I missed during setup?

 

[neelskit]

Now that you mention it, If Integration is set to Manual and the VM is started, I am prompted to login to Windows XP. (there is a password assigned to the account) However, if Integration is set to Auto, and the VM is started, it appears to login automatically. The funny thing is I DO NOT have any credentials saved for the VM. And just to clarify, I am not mapping networked folders, rather trying to access the Host OS Disk Drives from the VM.

 

[Indianatone]

Now that you mention it, If Integration is set to Manual and the VM is started, I am prompted to login to Windows XP. (there is a password assigned to the account) However, if Integration is set to Auto, and the VM is started, it appears to login automatically. The funny thing is I DO NOT have any credentials saved for the VM. And just to clarify, I am not mapping networked folders, rather trying to access the Host OS Disk Drives from the VM.

OK so make sure you have the hosts drives shared and I am pretty certain you have to create an account on your virtual XP with the same name and password as on the host. I cannot be certain on that point as I now use VM Ware.