

But if you try to add them in VirtualBox, you will see a " failed to attach the USB device " error. If you check out your USB drives, most of them will be either USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 devices. On the contrary, newer versions of VMWare support USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 devices out of the box. But that only supports USB 1.0 devices which are rarely in use anymore. There is inbuilt support to add USB devices in VirtualBox. But in order to use the USB device in the Virtual Machine, you need to unmount it from the host OS and then mount it on the Virtual Machine.

When you connect a USB Device to the host machine, it mounts it and allows you to use it.

Why Are USB Devices Not Enabled by Default?
