Running a VirtualBox VM in Bridged Networking Mode

I've been playing around with bridged mode in VirtualBox, trying to see how I can get it to work. Turns out it's fairly easy to do, so this article will be somewhat shorter than what I usually write. I just want to look at what I did to enable bridged networking in my VirtualBox VMs …

Run 64-Bit Guests in VirtualBox Using Hardware Virtualization (Lenovo Host)

If you've ever tried to run a 64-bit guest in VirtualBox, you may have found that there are no 64-bit options available, only 32-bit options. This is because VirtualBox has no native support for 64-bit operating systems. In order to get it to support 64-bit guests, there are a couple extra steps you need to …

Tactical DOS: A Cyberpunk DOS VM That’s Totally 1337

So I thought I'd start some reconnaissance files on various people I know IRL. Why? Because I'm an autistic psychopath and that's what autistic psychopaths do - they analyze other people's psychology in order to find holes in their defenses that they can exploit. Yes, I am an evil genius. Mwahahahahahahahahah! But no, seriously, I …

VirtualBox Data Recovery: How to Rescue Files from a Corrupted VM

Ever been in this situation? Something goes wrong with your host machine while you have a guest running in VirtualBox - the host system crashes, or something else happens, and then when you boot up, you find that you can no longer open that VM. You click on the icon in the VirtualBox panel and …

Adventures in VirtualBox: DOS, Windows 3.1, and Other Blasts from the Past

Anyone who checks out my old blog will quickly find out that I have a long history of being obsessed with retrocomputing and messing around with old hardware and software. One of my primary means of doing this has always been VirtualBox. VirtualBox is a great way to bring DOS and other old x86-based operating …