How do you copy real data to virtual hdd?

[Annuit Coeptis]

I am using windows xp on a windows 7 host via virtual box and I was wondering if there is a way to copy data from a real hard drive onto the virtual one. I want to access data stored on my computer from the virtual machine.

I searched around and I was unable to locate some real finite instruction.

[Apex]

Drag and drop? That's what i did when i was running WXP on my Win7 when i was working at one local computer company.

~J4mmy

[Annuit Coeptis]

For now I just decided to compress the files that I need in the virtual machine as iso files and then I load the files as a cd. It is not the fastes way but it works. If there is any way to do it faster that would be great.

[MoonWalker]

Just drag and drop the files from vmware to real drive. This should do it.