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FYI - Erin Germ helped me off list - I didn't have VB Guest Additions installed - so I was missing a critical step there :) Nicole On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Nicole Engard <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Matt, > > Thanks for this - I tried this and read through this part of the > manual, but it keeps saying the drive isn't found. I have added the > drive as shared using the VB interface and it's listed there, but not > sure what else I'm supposed to do - this probably shouldn't be this > hard ... > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Matt Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> In windows on your VM you need to mount your mac shared folder as a network >> drive. You can do this using the 'Tools | Map Network Drive...' menu >> command in windows. Choose a drive letter (e.g., X:), then for the 'Folder' >> name, use the Virtual box share syntax, which is '\\vboxsvr\sharename', >> where 'sharename' is the name of the share that you set up in the Virtual >> Box configuration window. Once done, you should see your mac folder under >> the drive letter you chose. The virtual box manual explains this more >> fully. >> >> Matt >> >> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Nicole Engard <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> I have virtualbox installed on my mac. I have several virtual >>> machines, the one that's causing problems is my windows xp machine. I >>> want to transfer files from my mac to my windows machine. I tried >>> sharing a folder but can't find it in windows - I tried putting a CD >>> in but windows can't read it - I installed Filezilla FTP Server - but >>> now I'm suck with how to set that up so that I can FTP from my Mac to >>> the Windows Virtual Machine. >>> >>> Any tips from the experts? >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> Nicole >>> >> >