Question : USB connections in hyper-v

I have a Dell 2900 server running Server 2008. I created a virtual machine running XP for test purposes. The driver for the nic did not get installed. I downloaded the server 2003 driver from Dell since they did not have one for XP. I put the driver on a flash driver but the virtual machine does not see the flash drive.

How can I get the driver installed in XP. I could probably burn it to CD but I'd like to get the VM to see the USB drive

Answer : USB connections in hyper-v

There is no native support. Here are two software programs that can do the job:

http://www.usb-over-ethernet.com/productoverview.html

http://www.usb-over-network.com/usb-over-network.html

But of course they will only work when you get your network drivers installed. =]

Until then use:

http://www.minidvdsoft.com/isocreator/

To add the files to an ISO and mount that ISO inside the VM.