
To enable the USB support (USB v2 or USB v3) on the Oracle VM VirtualBox Guest machine, you must install Oracle VM Extension Pack on the Host machine. How to FIX: Cannot Attach USB 3 Drives on Windows 7 VirtualBox Machines. This guide contains detailed instructions on how to capture a USB 3.0 drive on a VirtualBox VM machine running Windows 7. Problem in details: A USB 3.0 device or a USB 3.0 drive that is connected to a USB 3.0 port on the host machine, cannot be attached or recognized in VirtualBox Windows 7 guest machine. So, I decided to write this tutorial to help others with the same problem.

A few days ago I tried to mount a USB 3.0 drive to an Oracle VirtualBox VM running Windows 7 without success.

If the USB 3.0 drive is not recognized in VirtualBox guest machine, continue below to fix the problem.
