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Not able to access Pendrive connected to host in Vmware machine..

sammy

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Hi Guys,

I am not able to access Pendrive connected to host in Vmware machine., what is the best way to do that?
I am using VMWARE Workstation 8.
Seen some youtube videos but still no success , so now would like to hear from experts here.

Thanks
 
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do you have USB Controller enabled on that VM , and attached the pendrive





what OS you are using in that VM

might help:
https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=774
 
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n0tiert

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sammy said:
Windows Server 2012 R2, also please tell me how to access local drives in Virtual machine.
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in the settings of your VM

 
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n0tiert said:
in the settings of your VM

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Hi after installing usb 3.0 drivers on virtual machine I am able to access my 2 TB drive on Virtual machine. Yes I used the same settings shown above under VM tab. But I am still to check on how to share local machines shared folders/drive contents in VM.
 
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sammy said:
Hi after installing usb 3.0 drivers on virtual machine I am able to access my 2 TB drive on Virtual machine. Yes I used the same settings shown above under VM tab. But I am still to check on how to share local machines shared folders/drive contents in VM.
Click to expand...

this works for me :)

 
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