Windows 10: Unable to share programs and files between windows 10 and its virtual machine with XP

Hi, I installed Windows 10 virtual machine using Hyper-V manager and XP as operating system on it. While hitting "My computer" in XP it shows the local virtual disk only. How can I see and share anything with the Windows 10 drives like I easily did with Windows 7 virtual machine ? Thank you.

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File sharing having trouble mixed XP, XP virtual, and Windows 10


I'm still looking for a suggestion on this one.

 

Using XP hard drive Virtual Machine on Windows 10

I want to use my XP 32-bit hard drive (it is in an external enclosure) on a Virtual Machine under Windows 10 64-bit. The Win 10 machine has 16 GB of RAM and 2TB hard drive. The XP hard drive came from my old Gateway computer which has been trashed.
Installed on the hard drive are Visual Basic 6 and many programs written by me. A few are compiled and function on Windows 10, but many others are not compiled. I would like to compile those for use on my Win 10 machine. A large program is compiled and
cannot run because it requires a DLL to be installed on the Win 10 machine. I prefer to use the XP hard drive (in the external enclosure) as is with the virtual machine set up if possible. I am assuming that since the XP OS and Visual Basic are installed
on that hard drive, they can function as they once did. I have never attempted a virtual machine and need detailed instructions on what steps to follow. My question is, can I do what I state above and, if yes, how do I do it?

 

Win 7 virtual machine with XP Mode on Win 10 or an XP virtual machine

Hi folks

@Tipiford

I'd use VMWare player (Free) or VMWare workstation if you want to run XP VM's these days. Don't forget to install the VMWare tools package on the GUEST after first boot to get proper graphics and Sound. Set the USB controller to USB3.1 in the dropdown - the default is USB2 or even 1.1 which will certainly prevent some USB devices from working. So long as your XP machine is at SP3 level then the 3.1 USB dropdown will ensure your USB devices will work perfectly.

You can also run on VBOX but I've always found Oracle's Virtual box too fiddly -- If you do use that program install Virtual box (or is it called these days Guest) additions -- serves same purpose as VMWare's VMWare tools.

Advantage of these programs is they will also run on Windows HOME if using Windows as the Host machine.

Here's an XP VM on VMWare running on a Linux Host -- Firefox running OK as a browser -- running also a program to copy an Audio CD (or ISO image) to MD (MiniDisc Recorder).






Note add this Line to the VMWare config file for that VM (the.VMX file) (on Linux Hosts only and NOT for W10 VM's) to enable 3D support and graphic hardware acceleration (in addition to setting the checkbox enable 3d and hardware acceleration when creating the VM in the first place :

mks.gl.allowBlacklistedDrivers = "TRUE"

(Also if you want the XP machine to be able to share drives on a Linux type NAS server you need to add these lines in the [global] section of the Samba config file (usually in directory /etc/samba/smb.conf

Some will shudder with horror as this could be a security exposure - however on a Home LAN that's grossly over stated -- you aren't running an Enterprise Mission critical Network !!!!! - The fact you are using XP at all shows you understand risks in using these older OS'es - nothing wrong for running perfectly good legacy hardware if you know what you are doing !!


[global]
min protocol = NT1 <=================== this needs to be set is equiv to Windows 10 enabling SMB1
lanman auth=yes
ntlm auth=yes

Now you'll see access to the shared SAMBA drives on the NAS






Cheers
jimbo