Fatal could not read from the boot medium system halted

[PeterSamuel1]

Hi guys! I have question. I am struggling, cause don't know how to fix it. I wanted to change my Virtual Machine password, I have changed it and it was already in encryption process and my computer turned off. Right now when I am turning on Virtual Machine, turning on Windows 10, entering password, it shows me that error "Fatal could not read from the boot medium system halted". What should I do?

[socratis]

Build a new VM, delete the existing one. Your data is gone. Restore from backup.
Sorry, there's no recovery. If there was, that would defeat the purpose.


PS. I deleted your duplicate post from the "Windows Hosts" section. According to the forum rules, duplicate posts are not allowed. It's not good etiquette...

[PeterSamuel1]

So there is no chance to restore all information from that VM?

[mpack]

Not unless you have a backup (of the entire VM, not just one file). If there was a way to recover data from an encrypted drive without the correct password then the encryption would be worthless.

[PeterSamuel1]

How I can check if I have backup for VM or not? I haven't created it, someone else did it. So I have no clue how to check it...

[socratis]

No. That's the idea of the encryption, isn't it? Unless you know the password, no data can be recovered. If the process stopped in the middle of encrypting (you were *really* unlucky, no? hmm...), you should have kept a backup until you were 120% sure that your encryption was working as intended.

For example, how do I even know that you're the owner of that VM, and you're not just trying to break-in the VM? And, no, you can't prove, or disprove that...

[PeterSamuel1]

I know password. In that VM information is very important. How I can restore all information from that VM?

[socratis]

YOU CAN'T!!!
If you know the password and it's not accepted, the VM has been corrupted. Game Over.

[PeterSamuel1]

VM accepts password. But after that it shows me that FATAL error.

[socratis]

That means that it's corrupted.
But to be 100% sure, right-click on the VM. "Show in <whatever>". ZIP that .vbox file and attach it to your response (see the "Upload attachment" tab below the reply form).

[socratis]

In that VM information is very important.

If the information is that important, and you don't have a backup... you're not doing it right. Nothing can save you from your mistakes, I'm sorry...

[PeterSamuel1]

If you can help me, give me your contacts, like skype or something else. I can pay for it in advance, thanks!

[socratis]

You seem to have a mental block or something.
You shot your VM.
You killed your VM.
Not even all the money in the world can save you.

Do you understand that?

[PeterSamuel1]

Your words "Unless you know the password, no data can be recovered." I know password and it works. So it means data can be recovered or not?

[socratis]

Can you please attach the ZIPPED .vbox file for the VM? I've asked it 3 messages back...