Opened 7 years ago
Last modified 7 years ago
#17562 new enhancement
[Feature Request] Treat virtual USB hard disk as removable
| Reported by: | Wolfgang Andreas | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | virtual disk | Version: | VirtualBox 5.2.6 |
| Keywords: | USB removable | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | all |
Description
Hello,
when adding a virtual hard disk drive via an USB storage controller, at least Windows will treat the connected drive as an "USB Mass Storage" device but in fixed-layout.
Also, when checking the "Hot-plug"-feature of the hard disk, the Drive will be treated as fixed-disk.
My expectation was, that when checking "Hot-Plug" it would be a removable one.
Would it be possible to optionally set the "Removable-Bit" in the USB-Drive's properties, so that it is marked as "removeable" ?
Would be great, as some applications check drives for this.
Thank you and kind regards, Wolfgang


Replying to DDWolle:
Hmm... Not what I get here. I added a 2nd HD to my VM, I enabled hot-plugging, and in the Windows guest taskbar, there was the safe-remove-hardware option. That was with the SATA controller and a standard HD.
I did the same thing, only this time I added a USB controller and I attached the VDI to that controller. Same thing...
I remember having this discussion in the forums some time ago, don't have the link ready, I'll try to locate the discussion...