Speed of Windows XP on external USB harddrive using VirtualBox on Mac

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Published on 2009-12-01T11:23:56Z Indexed on 2010/03/17 23:11 UTC
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I am considering installing Windows XP on an external hard drive in a VM with VirtualBox, but I am worried about it's speed? Would the slow transfer rate of USB slow down the performance of VirtualBox and Windows XP? Should I be worried about anything?

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