Hello Mario,


On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 3:17 AM, Mario Barnard <[email protected]>wrote:

>  Hi
>
> I am new to using Vbox and not a huge technical user.
> I have an iMac, running Mac OS x 10.5.6.  I have installed XP in Vbox.
>

No Problem.  If you were able to install Windows on a Mac you'll be able to
do the following:


>
> I also run VMWare Bootcamp with XP (very slow, many blue screen issues
> etc.) and want to move away from it to Vbox (fast, no issues so far)
>

Totally understand.  I had quite a few issues with VMWare Fusion using
Bootcamp install also.


>
> My question is, why do I not have any access to any external Windows NTFS
> formatted drives, but to all my other USB devices?
> How can I gain permanent access to all y external USB devices?  VMWare lets
> me connect/disconnect as I like, in Vbox the drives are greyed out and
> cannot be selected.
>
> Please assist.
>

This is actually quite simple.  Just a matter of following the simple
procedures below:


   1.  Download and Install MacFuse <http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/> from
   Google. http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/  (Restart System or
   Logout/Login)
   2.  Download and Install NTFS-3G  <http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/>from
   Erik Larsson's Blog. http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/  (Restart System)
   3.  Both are System Preference Panes so make sure they are enabled.  Now
   your Mac will be able to natively read/write to NTFS drives.

I hope this helps!
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