Comments on: How to Install VirtualBox in Your USB Drive and Run any Operating System

By: Yamin101

Yamin101 — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:49:00 +0000

“you may even copy the virtual hard disk from one computer to another.” It means that if I hv installed MS Office in one portable HDD/USB, now I hv no need to install it to other portable drive, just copy n paste installed files and the second HDD with VM is ready to use MS Office….. Am I missing something?

By: Damien Oh

Damien Oh — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:38:00 +0000

I have not tried that before, so I tell you whether it works or not.

By: Yamin101

Yamin101 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:10:00 +0000

Hey I want to run SAP ides via plug n play portable HDD. Is this possible via this process. I hope so atleast after reading all of your comments.

By: Damien Oh

Damien Oh — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:35:00 +0000

Yes, you can.

By: Jumpjack

Jumpjack — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:46:00 +0000

Does this method allow running vbox on systems where you do not have admin privileges? If not, any alternative?

By: Damien Oh

Damien Oh — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:13:00 +0000

I have installed Windows 8 on Virtualbox, but not on the portable version. For the desktop version, you need to have plenty of disk space and a relatively recent hardware, with plenty of RAM to install it. My advise is, for the portable version, install a lightweight OS, like WIndows XP or Linux. Don’t attempt to install heavyweight OS. It will either fail, or the performance is bad.

By: Tirasong

Tirasong — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:58:00 +0000

Thanks much for your response. Have you tried this yourself? And if so, are you successful installing and running this VirtualBox? Kindly comments.

By: Damien Oh

Damien Oh — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:12:00 +0000

If you want to install Windows 8, make sure your USB drive is at least 16GB. The speed might be slow though.

By: Tirasong

Tirasong — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:54:00 +0000

I wish to try this. What is the minimum capacity of the USB drive? Once the VitualBox is created, how do you create a Virtual Hard Drive? Can I then install Windows 8 Preview on to this drive…and carry it around and plug it in any PC to test/play with it? Please elaborate. Thanks.

By: ajf1004

ajf1004 — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:55:00 +0000

Not portable. It installs to your pc. The only thing portable is the installer application which isnt special since EVERY installer application can be portable.

By: John C

John C — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:34:00 +0000

Sounds like someone needs to go to the drawing board and map out the logic. The crosstalk in pseudocode is getting stupid, god help us when people start using OS syntax like corpspeak buzz words.

I can see someone being able to run Virtualbox on a LiveUSB of an OS, and I could see the benefits of being able to have multiple guest OSes running on ‘that’. But the base problem is finding a version of Virtualbox that can run on a USB connected to ANY OS it gets plugged in to…no breadcrumbs, no OS reliance, no trail.

Until that happens this is all academic outhouse lawyer talk.

Now who’s got the toilet paper so I can get up?

By: Boki

Boki — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:01:00 +0000

How can I use VirtualBox on Windows without Administrator Login Privileges?

By: Damien Oh

Damien Oh — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 08:37:00 +0000

In which part does it install to C:System32?

By: Octavian1213

Octavian1213 — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:41:00 +0000

why does it still install in c:system32?????? i thought it was portable?

By: Kim Kanak

Kim Kanak — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:02:00 +0000

my system had generated the message “please wait, extract and/ or compress”…how long will it take…?

By: Rodrigosolis

Rodrigosolis — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 21:50:00 +0000

Thanks, I’ll try it.

By: Damien Oh

Damien Oh — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:41:00 +0000

The installation should go to the USB drive

By: El_chol2000

El_chol2000 — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:49:00 +0000

I also got the same question, where should the Virtual Box installation be done?

By: guesswho

guesswho — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 16:55:00 +0000

I download and tested it now and it is working fine, it automatically did the installation/extraction after clicking the ok button

By: Peterwansink_69

Peterwansink_69 — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 13:54:00 +0000

i use a program called Truecrypt to make a virtual hard drive on the usb hard drive and mount that virtual hard drive with the drive letter of my choice. and so bypassing the error message “system is ineccessable”. i put the portable virtualbox install on that virtual hard disk and mount it every time with the drive letter z: . that works every time. i tested it on 3 pc and it works every time. i hope that wil get you going.