How to access host file system from VirtualBox installation

You can use VBox shared folders and map what ever you want in the guest.
for the Windows world you can follow these instructions.

Process to share a folder for Windows Guest.

• Close the guest (shutdown)
• Open the VirtualBox program and click once on the guest.
• Click settings and then click on shared folders.
• Click the folder with the green + to add a new share
• Click the down arrow on the folder path then click the Folder that says other.
• This brings up a browse window. Browse to the folder that you want to share and click OK.
• This will put the full path in your folder path line
• Click on the box just below that and type shared then press enter.
• At this point you have created the shared folder.

Now open (start) the guest.
Click the program start button and then open a command window or click in the run box and type cmd and press enter.
Put this in the command window: net use x: \\vboxsvr\shared -p and press enter
After this the share will show in the file manager as a mapped drive.

All of this is assuming that you have the guest additions installed. If you don't then it will not work for you until you do install the guest additions.

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