VirtualBox raw hd access

05/Mar/2023

vboxmanage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename "my-file.vmdk" -rawdisk \\.\PhysicalDrive<NUMBER_HERE>

Check the drive number in Disk Management

Example:

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>vboxmanage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename "C:/opt/vms/SATA1_CT1000MX500SSD.vmdk" -rawdisk \\.\PhysicalDrive1
RAW host disk access VMDK file C:/opt/vms/SATA1_CT1000MX500SSD.vmdk created successfully.