VirtualBox

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:
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

Change History (1)

in reply to:  description comment:1 by Socratis, 7 years ago

Replying to DDWolle:

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.

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...

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