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I did same test with usb stick and another usb hdd and although there is some delay on vm startup time, this time the vm starts normally each time.

I guess it may be something related to the specific hdd (it's usb 3.0).

Thanks for your help.

Thanks for that it worked. However I just did a test, I ran the VM this time as a normal user and attached the ext. hdd. It works the first time I start the VM, but unfortunately the second time I start it, it hangs on startup. I will try to do the same thing with other usb devices like usb sticks a...

If I run Virtualbox as a normal user I don't have the ability to passthru usb disk (it's grayed out).

I'm running VBox with root privileges, do you think that this can cause this issue?

Thanks for replying, I'm attaching the log.

Regards,

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