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Written By Edwin Stark
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Updated on October 31st, 2022
VirtualBox boot from USB windows 10 allowing you to boot a live Linux system or install an operating system from a bootable USB device. This option is well-hidden. This method has not the complete clearance in it as it isn’t exposed completely and requires some digging. Hence, it may not be perfect every time. Otherwise, it can work perfectly in the case of Ubuntu 14.04 on a Windows host. But don’t surprise yourself if you encounter problems in this process. You will get to know all the methods for it through this article. So, let’s begin without wasting any time.
Here we use all the hidden features of VirtualBox that allow raw access to drives. After all, this feature isn’t exposed yet, not even in the Virtual machine USB boot interface but is part of the VBoxManage command. So, check whether you have VirtualBox installed on your system before you start this process.
Note: Open the command prompt follow the process to boot VirtualBox from USB
cd %programfiles%\Oracle\VirtualBox
Note: Replacing # with the number of the disk you found and finally press the enter button.
VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename C:\usb.vmdk -rawdisk \\.\PhysicalDrive#
If you want to boot on Linux and Mac host systems then you have to go through with the same steps. All the commands of VBoxManage you have to use, to create a file representing the raw disk. But in the case of Linux or Mac systems, you’ll need to describe the path to the disk device.
You can search it on google or any other open discussion platform. As there are lots of tips and workarounds on VirtualBox boot from USB Windows 10, that helps you to use this process on Linux or Mac hosts. Taking the help of raw host hard disks from a guest section in VirtualBox’s official documentation helps you a lot.
While booting a Virtual machine, there may be chances of data corruption due to which you will not be able to properly boot the Virtual Machine. With the help of professional third-party VMDK Recovery Software, you can restore the corrupted data of the Virtual Machine in less time. This will make your booting process easier and faster.
In this technical blog, we’ll cover the topic of how to boot VirtualBox from Windows 10. We’ve used manual methods as well as professional tools to boot from the flash drive. However, manual methods are pretty time-consuming. Due to this, users sometimes miss the steps and corrupt or lose their data. In case you lost your data, instantly take the help of VMDK software that will help you to get your data back. Although, it is good to have this utility to open vmdk in Windows 10 before you try to do booting.
About The Author:
Edwin Stark is a Technical Content Writer who specializes in writing about databases, e-mail recovery, and e-mail migration solutions. He loves researching and developing content that helps database administrators, organizations and novices to fix multiple problems.
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