Lost VM Overnight

[pelican418]

Can you tell me what program I need to use to edit the .box file?

[pelican418]

Ok, I did option 1 I think. I released and removed and then added back. Now I get the error FATAL: Could not read from the boot medium! System halted.

[socratis]

You should know the drill by now. Post the complete output of the command (including the command itself):

• VBoxManage showmediuminfo "C:\Users\Roger\VirtualBox VMs\AmazonResalesWin7X86\AmazonResalesWin7X86.vdi"

and a zipped "C:\Users\Roger\VirtualBox VMs\AmazonResalesWin7X86\AmazonResalesWin7X86.vbox".

[pelican418]

Here is what it returned and the zipped .box file.

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C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage showmediuminfo "C:\Users\Roger\VirtualBox VMs\AmazonResalesWin7X86\AmazonResalesWin7X86.vdi"
UUID:           4e8c0d8f-ab22-45a2-884d-968ff6482be2
Parent UUID:    base
State:          created
Type:           normal (base)
Location:       C:\Users\Roger\VirtualBox VMs\AmazonResalesWin7X86\AmazonResalesWin7X86.vdi
Storage format: VDI
Format variant: fixed default
Capacity:       128000 MBytes
Size on disk:   128002 MBytes
Encryption:     disabled

[socratis]

Now, you have two options:

1. With the VM shutdown, go to the Media Manager, release "AmazonResalesWin7X86.vdi" from your VM, remove it (without deleting it), and then go to the VM settings and add the same VDI to the VM,

Ok, I did option 1 I think. I released and removed and then added back.

Actually you didn't add back the hard drive. There is no hard drive in your VM to boot from. Add it and you should be all set. Hopefully...

[pelican418]

I'm confused and don't see an Add button in media manager. I did add it under machine and add. That is when I got the error. Is that what you wanted me to do or something else?

[mpack]

Socratis said nothing about adding anything using media manager. And Machine|Add... is not relevant for mounting media.

Drives are removed using using media manager because that removes them from all VMs simultaneously.

Drives are added to specific VMs, by using the Storage panel in that VMs settings.

[pelican418]

Mpack thanks, I didn't understand what he was telling me to do. Adding the drive to the vm worked and it is up. Thank you all for your help.