I'm using a Surface Pro 2 (512GB) with Windows 8.1 and its latest updates all installed. On it, I have VirtualBox 4.3.10 r93012 (64-bit).
Here's my process:
- Open VirtualBox
- Click "New" in the top-left
- Name and choose the OS type
- Select the amount of RAM
- Name and create a virtual hard drive, and select its size
- Windows reports that VirtualBox has crashed and sends a report
- Re-starting VirtualBox, noting that the OS is not in the list of OSs
- Inspect C:\Users\%USERNAME%\VirtualBox VMs\OS NAME HERE\, finding a virtual hard drive and .vbox file
- Double-click the .vbox file, it then opens VirtualBox and shows the OS in the list
- Try to run it and it asks me for an ISO
- Browse for and select the ISO
- A VirtualBox error dialog pops up, saying the following:
Unable to insert the virtual optical disk C:\path\to\disk.iso into the machine OS NAME HERE.
Argument aControllerName is empty or an invalid pointer.
Details
Result Code: E_INVALIDARG (0x80070057)
Component: SessionMachine
Interface: IMachine {480cf695-2d8d-4256-9c7c-cce4184fa048} - I can't start the virtual machine from here...