Monday, June 17, 2013

USB Drives Not Working In VirtualBox on Windows 7 Host

PROBLEM:
USB drives plugged into Windows 7 host would be sensed by VirtualBox (they show up under the Devices menu but would never actually get captured).  In my case this applies to an Ubuntu 12 LTS guest, but others appear to have the same issue with other guest distros.  Attempts to capture the USB device in the guest would result in a VirtualBox error about the device being busy.  Furthermore, if the device in unplugged once the error occurs and then re-plugged, a second identical device shows up under the VirtualBox device menu (this is just a symptom of the problem and doesn't avoid the issue in anyway).

Note that this problem assumes the USB filters in the VirtualBox settings are set up correctly to allows the device to be captured.  If you haven't done this, or don't know what this means, then this problem probably doesn't apply to you cause you haven't set up USB filters (...and probably need to).

SOLUTION:


In case this post disappears, here it is:

Re: USB not working

Postby nayasis » 24. Feb 2011, 10:14
I've got solution finally... T-T

(It seems like problem of window 7)


1. My Host is window 7 32bit home premium. But, 64bit's solution may be same because problem was caused by USB filtering function of WINDOW 7.

2. first of all, edit your registry

- Open the Windows registry, by clicking on Start > Run and typing regedit
- Navigate to the following location HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}
- In the right hand panel, if the the UpperFilters entry exists, then delete it

3. Install virtualbox USB driver manually.

- Goto folder C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\drivers\USB\filter
- Click right mouse button on file named VboxUSBMon.inf
- Check Install(I) (maybe.. My window is korean so it dose not exact. )

4. Rebooting

5. Unplug your USB memory (or joystick..)

6. Open VirtualBox and Close it rightly.
( it will remove your USB device from VM's seized list. )

7. Plug your USB memory.

8. Open VirtualBox and Run Virtual Machine.

9. Click right mouse button on USB icon placed in status bar which is below VM window.

10. Check USB device what you want to plug in.

11. Enjoy !!

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