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Some notes on how I got VirtualBox to boot from my Windows 10 Boot Camp drive. This will let you share a Windows install between Boot Camp and VirtualBox.

Things I installed

  1. Windows 10 x64 using the OS X Boot Camp assistant
  2. VirtualBox 5.0.10 (version I installed was VirtualBox-5.0.10-104061-OSX)
  3. Accompanying VirtualBox extensions (Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.0.10-104061.vbox-extpack). I’m not really sure if I needed this, but installed it anyway.

Disabling SIP

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I had to disable System Integrity Protection on El Capitan (OS X 10.11) to get this to work.

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VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware, targeted at server, desktop and embedded use.For a thorough introduction to virtualization and VirtualBox.

  1. VirtualBox is being actively developed with frequent releases and has an ever growing list of features, supported guest operating systems and platforms it runs on. VirtualBox is a community effort backed by a dedicated company: everyone is encouraged to contribute while Oracle ensures the product always meets professional quality criteria.
  2. Mar 04, 2020 VirtualBox is a great, free alternative to do this. Plus, you can install and set it up in just a few minutes. VMs can run any operating system (OS) in your current one. Whether it’s for disaster recovery, code testing, or just some fun experimentation, you can use VirtualBox for free to simulate any Windows OS, including 98, 95, or even 3.1.
  3. Mar 12, 2018 Boot Camp. Boot Camp is a go-to method for Mac aficionados because it is already a part of macOS. The use of the utility allows dedicating a chunk of hard drive space to Windows, thereby allowing a Mac to function as a PC. The following is the list of Boot Camp’s pros: Full access to CPU-intensive programs such as 3D games or video editing tools.

Setting drive permissions

Firstly, run diskutil list to get a list of drives on your system. Take a note of the drive number of the drive named EFI and the other one named BOOTCAMP. (The BOOTCAMP drive might have a different name depending on what you’ve called it). In my case, the EFI drive was 1 and the BOOTCAMP drive was 4.

Now run the following to unmount your Bootcamp drive and set permissions so that VirtualBox can access the drive. You’ll need to perform this each time you reboot.

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Creating the VirtualBox image

Run the following commands to create a VirtualBox disk image wrapper for your HD. Substitute the 1,4 with the numbers of your EFI and BOOTCAMP partitions as appropriate and put your OS X username in for your_username_here.

Creating the VM

Finally, set up VirtualBox as indicated in the following screenshots, and you should now be able to run your Windows 10 install.

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