Sharing files between Win8 host and XP guest

SteveCh

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As I am having problems with USB and getting my workfiles onto my guest machine I thought I could load them onto my host then access them via file sharing. I have set up the VMware player with the location of a shared directory on the host but I cannot see that on my guest XP desktop. Can someone go throught the steps I need to do to get this working. So far I am having no end of problems getting this new laptop to work with my old software. Using Windows 8 Pro 64 bit on host and Windows XP Pro
 

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    Dell
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    Firefox
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Hi there
The EASIEST way bar none for this sort of stuff is to ENABLE file sharing on BOTH machines and then share via simple networking.

Now ensure that you are currently ON THE HOST and insert the USB stick into the computer. Right mouse click on it and choose SHARING. As share name use the volume name (it's easier).


Get back to the XP virtual machine and click on My Network places - you should now see your host machine's shared disks.

It's easier if you have the same user id and password on both HOST and the VM.

have a look at the three screenshots below.

Cheers
jimbo
 

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If you're connecting FROM a Windows 8 box, you can set RDP to automatically connect drives from the Windows 8 machine to the RDP host. You don't have to enable network file sharing.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows Server 2012 Standard w/Hyper-V
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    CPU
    Intel Core i3-2310M
    Memory
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    80GB Intel 320 SSD
    500GB Samsung Momentus
If you're connecting FROM a Windows 8 box, you can set RDP to automatically connect drives from the Windows 8 machine to the RDP host. You don't have to enable network file sharing.

Hi there
The disadvantage to that is you have to go through TWO levels of networking -- even if on the same machine you'll get significant slowdown compared with using standard internal networking. (To say nothing of the Graphics transfer / translation protocols between the two systems).

Cheers
jimbo
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Linux Centos 7, W8.1, W7, W2K3 Server W10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 X LG 40 inch TV
    Hard Drives
    SSD's * 3 (Samsung 840 series) 250 GB
    2 X 3 TB sata
    5 X 1 TB sata
    Internet Speed
    0.12 GB/s (120Mb/s)
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