With VMware Workstation VMware Tools available for many types of operating systems, you can easily transfer folders and files from your physical computer to a virtual machine and vice versa.
For this, you can use :
- drag and drop
- VMware Workstation folder shares
Note that in both cases, you will need the VMware Tools in the guest OS and activate the corresponding option in the settings of your virtual machine.
1. Windows file transfer
1.1. Drag and drop and copy/paste
To begin, you can easily transfer files from the physical PC to the virtual machine with a simple drag and drop.
But, you can also use copy/paste in both directions (physical machine to virtual machine and vice versa).
However, to do this, make sure that these features are enabled in the settings of your virtual machine.
By default, these options are enabled and are available in the «Guest isolation» section :
- Enable drag and drop
- Enable copy and paste
Note : if these options are disabled and dimmed, shut down the virtual machine to enable them.
To transfer a file from the physical computer to the virtual machine, simply drag it to the virtual machine window (where the guest OS is displayed).
You can also right-click «Copy» on the physical computer and right-click «Paste» in the guest OS.
A VMware transfer window will be displayed and another will be displayed by the guest OS.
As you can see, the files or folders dragged/dropped will be copied by the guest OS from a folder with a weird name.
In fact, when you use drag and drop, the VMware tools temporarily copy the data into a subfolder «vmware-xxxx\VMwareDnD» of the temporary folder of the guest OS.
1.2. VMware file sharing on Windows
To share folders on your physical PC to make them read-only (for security) or read/write (if needed) by the virtual machine.
To do this, open the settings of the virtual machine and go to the «Shared Folders» section and select the desired option :
- Disabled : VMware file sharing disabled (default value)
- Always enabled : always enabled (for this virtual machine)
- Enabled until next power off or suspend : activated until the virtual machine is power off or paused
- Map as a network drive in Windows guests : Automatically create a network drive where you will find all the shares created here. Which makes it easier to access these shares.
Click Add to create a new share.
The Add Shared Folder Wizard appears.
Click Browse to select the folder you want to share and make available to the virtual machine.
Then, enter the name under which this share will appear in the guest OS.
Enable sharing by checking the «Enable this share» box and check the «Read-only» box if you want this share to be read only.
Save the settings and click Yes.
If you don’t check the «Map as a network drive . » box, the share will not appear in Computer (or This PC) by default.
In order to access it, you will have to go through the network option (but you will probably encounter a network discovery disabled by default error).
To access them without problem, type : \\vmware-host\Shared Folders
As you can see, our InformatiWeb share appears.
In this folder, we find the files of this shared folder.
To make your life easier, we recommend that you check the «Map as a network drive in Windows guests» box to have VMware Workstation automatically create a network drive whose contents will match the list of shared folders here.
In Computer (or This PC), you will see a «Shared Folders» network drive that is accessible with the letter Z and is mapped to \\vmware-host\Shared Folders.
As expected, you will have access to the list of shares created in the virtual machine settings.
How do you copy a file from Windows to a VMware virtual hard disk (Ubuntu)?
I have VMware Player, and I run Ubuntu with it on my Windows 7 system. Now I want to copy some files from my Windows folders into the VMware virtual hard disk, so that I can view these files on Ubuntu.
How do I do that?
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Mount a shared folder that’s on the Windows host onto Ubuntu. That way you don’t even need to copy them.
Go to Virtual Machine » Virtual Machine Settings » Shared Folders.
The easiest way to do is to install the VMware Tools in Ubuntu, then you are able to drag the file into the Ubuntu VM.
To install VMware Tools, you need to switch to Ubuntu, then go to the VMware menu VM » Install VMware Tools, and then follow the instructions to finish the installation.
If no suggestions works, put your files in a FAT32 formatted pendrive. You’ll see Mass Storage Device icon in bottom right corner of you VM window. Right click press Connect(Disconnect from Host).
If you don’t manage to configure a shared folder, or just really want a separate copy inside the VM, you can also just rightclick->copy in the host and paste in the guest. At least that works here with VMware player, windows 7 (host) and linux mint (guest).
Login to your linux machine (ubuntu) in vmware. Click on «Places» and go to «Network» . Go inside «Windows Network» and go deeper and you will find «user» and then «Public» . This folder is nothing but your windows «Public» folder. You can use this folder as a shared folder between host and guest machine.
Русские Блоги
Как перетащить копии файлов на виртуальную машину VMS с хоста
1. Сначала убедитесь, что ваша виртуальная машина установлена VMware Tools
1 Нажмите на виртуальную машину Виртуальная машина (м) -> воспроизводить инструменты VMware (T ）
2 В настоящее время система появится на нагрузке виртуальный диск CD, нажмите, чтобы открыть файл.
③После открытия файла вы можете скопировать все файлы в папке в свою собственную папку, например на рабочем столе.
④ Ctrl + Alt + T Открывает терминал,
Введите команду: cd Desktop
tar -xvf VMwareTools-10.0.0-2977863.tar.gz (Примечание. Имя файла здесь — это имя файла .gz на вашем собственном рабочем столе, в соответствии с вашей собственной версией версии)
В это время на рабочем столе должно быть папка, а команда выполняется ниже:
sudo ./vmware-install.pl
Затем введите пароль, полностью введите / да, все в порядке!
Здесь установка инструментов VMware завершена, попробуйте перетаскивать файл в систему Liunx!
2. Установлены инструменты VMware, если вы все равно не разрешаете файл от хоста на файл копирования на виртуальную машину VM, вы можете попробовать следующие методы. ：
1 Вставьте его под окнами, иногда это возможно, иногда это невозможно,Я могу попытаться взглянуть на сервис.
Нажмите: Диспетчер задач ——> Сервис, есть ли сервисный пункт, начиная с VMware, не запущен 。
Общий компьютер, установленный компьютер Jinshan Guardian или 360 антивирусным программным обеспечением, иногда отключает некоторые элементы запуска Power-on на виртуальной машине VMware, чтобы убедиться, что VMware запустится, перезагрузите компьютер.
2 виртуальная машина ——> Выделение клиента, выберите все перетаскивание и копировать вставку
③Выберите встроенное окно в меню «Вид» и снова перетащите файл.
Причина в том, что размер рабочего стола вашего виртуальной машины меньше, чем размер окна VMware, то вы не можете перетащить файл (он также виден на форуме, не знаю причину, но это Вид-> Автоматически адаптироваться к клиенту Его можно скопировать впоследствии).
4UBUNTU Высокие версии и низкие версии имеют небольшое различие в файлах перетаскивания:
Например, я использую Ubuntu 15.10, и файл перетаскивается в интерфейс.непосредственныйСкопируйте его в систему, вы можете открыть папку в Ubuntu, затем перетащите в папку, которую вы хотите скопировать, вы можете скопировать его!
VMWARE + LINUX: How to share folder between host and VM
This is a quick article about a recurring question: How can I share a local directory with my VMware Virtual Machine using a Linux Distribution?
PRE-REQUISITE
To make this tutorial possible, first of all you need be sure you have installed vmtools drivers. In case you are not sure, please execute:
STEP-BY-STEP
First we need to share a local folder using your VMware. Go to VM menu, after Settings > Options > Shared Folders and click on ‘Always enabled’. After, click on ‘Add…’ button and choose your local folder to share it.
In order to confirm if your local selected folder was really shared, run the below command and check if your folder will be listed.
After that, create a directory inside /mnt/hgfs. Thus, open your terminal in order to create a directory called ‘shared’ and execute the following command.
Now, let’s share the ‘shared’ directory we just created.
That’s it! It is sharing and you can check it by clicking on Activities > Files > Other locations > Computer or running the commands:
If you have experiencing some issues, please restart your VM and check again if the folder is shared following the above commands.
Keeping Sharing After VM Re-start
The procedure instructed above work until the next VM restart. Thus, if you want to persist this change, please follow as instructed below.
You must have administrator permission to edit /etc/fstab. In this example, we will use nano editor.
If you do not have a section reserved to shared folders, please add this instructions at the end of the file.
After edit it, press CTRL + O simultaneously and press ENTER to confirm the changes. Next, press CTRL + X to exit nano editor.
Now you can turn your VM off or simply restart it without lose the sharing.