Server2008's Hyper-V is great! But how do I read/write to the host's drives?

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Hi guys!

At the university, I was issued some statistical software that will
run only in Windows 2000 and XP. This WAS a problem, since I have
Server2008 installed on my work station. The software installed in a
Hyper-V virtual machine by using the media/DVD/Capture pulldowns. The
Hyper-V virtual machine is using XP/SP3! :)

Now, I need to read over 70 gigs of text data zipped for analysis. It
will expand to almost 800 gigs of text data.

I see how I can get it in the virtual c:\ and d:\ drive(s) using my
browser and FTP from the original publisher, and how to get it via the
DVD drive.

But this data is already on an HDD on my work station outside of my
virtual machine.

How can I access files on my PC outside of my virtual PC?

Thank you, Mindy
 
Re: Server2008's Hyper-V is great! But how do I read/write to the host's drives?

Hello Mindy,

See your other posting in microsoft.public.windows.server.setup and plese
do not multipost, use crossposting with a newsreader like Outlook Express.

http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

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> Hi guys!
>
> At the university, I was issued some statistical software that will
> run only in Windows 2000 and XP. This WAS a problem, since I have
> Server2008 installed on my work station. The software installed in a
> Hyper-V virtual machine by using the media/DVD/Capture pulldowns. The
> Hyper-V virtual machine is using XP/SP3! :)
>
> Now, I need to read over 70 gigs of text data zipped for analysis. It
> will expand to almost 800 gigs of text data.
>
> I see how I can get it in the virtual c:\ and d:\ drive(s) using my
> browser and FTP from the original publisher, and how to get it via the
> DVD drive.
>
> But this data is already on an HDD on my work station outside of my
> virtual machine.
>
> How can I access files on my PC outside of my virtual PC?
>
> Thank you, Mindy
>
 
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