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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 >> >