Question Loading Software into Hyper V, Virtual Drive

[cve60069]

Hello

I have managed to load Windows 7 onto my Windows 11 computer using Hyper-V. Try as I may, I am unable to get the Windows 7 to see my USB ports or my Windows 11 'partition'. I need to load software on Windows 7 and I need to share files and printers. I have set up a workgroup in Windows 7 and I have created a shared folder in Windows 11. I also have a remote Windows 7 PC which I connect to using NETWORK. Window 11 allows me to access all the files on that PC and vice-versa. When I look at the Network on the Windows 7 partition, I am only able to see the Windows 11 PC but I am unable to access the files (presumably because the Windows 7 partition is also the same PC).

Tried all the tutorials I am able to find but no fixes. Any clues please on how to access the USB port and set up the Network so all 3 operating systems can see each other.

 

[TerryLaze]

You have to set up the usb port for the hyper-v since you can't have two OS accessing the same device at the same time.
Using vmware or virtualbox makes this much easier, they have any new usb device show up in their menu and you can decide if you want to add it to the real or to the virtual system.

Enabling Hyper-V USB passthrough to Access a USB Storage

Struggling to enable USB access to your virtual machine? Learn many ways to enable USB passthrough in Hyper-V in this step-by-step tutorial!

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[cve60069]

Thanks

So I should uninstall Hyper V and install VMware?

 

[TerryLaze]

Thanks

So I should uninstall Hyper V and install VMware?

You don't need to uninstall it, you can have all of them installed to test which one is best for you and then decide if you want to keep them all or just use only one of them.