issue starting vm in window host

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tony10111
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issue starting vm in window host

Post by tony10111 »

hi am having this error
Failed to open a session for the virtual machine mgs1vm.

Could not open the medium 'F:\mgsvm\mgs1vm.vdi'.

VD: error VERR_IO_NOT_READY opening image file 'F:\mgsvm\mgs1vm.vdi' (VERR_IO_NOT_READY).

Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component: MediumWrap
Interface: IMedium {ad47ad09-787b-44ab-b343-a082a3f2dfb1}
mpack
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Joined: 4. Sep 2008, 17:09
Primary OS: MS Windows 10
VBox Version: PUEL
Guest OSses: Mostly XP

Re: issue starting vm in window host

Post by mpack »

I'm going to guess that the device is not ready.

Bear in mind that USB flash drives are not suitable for many VMs, Windows VMs especially. The constant write activity will damage them quickly.
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