Edit: I'm embarrassed to report that this was actually a problem I have had before: To use a physical drive, VirtualBox must be run as "Administrator". I have previously configured that in the VirtualBox properties. Overtime, I have forgot about that little checkbox. ---- I've been running VirtualBox on Windows 7 Enterprise for some time. Recently I upgraded to Windows 10 Enterprise, and VirtualBox started to fail. The VBox.log file is not saying much: Code: Select all
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[SOLVED] Windows 10 PhysicalDrive VERR_ACCESS_DENIED
[SOLVED] Windows 10 PhysicalDrive VERR_ACCESS_DENIED
Last edited by ww9rivers on 7. Dec 2017, 17:28, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: Windows 10 PhysicalDrive VERR_ACCESS_DENIED
It would have failed this way on 7 as well. Sector level access to physical drives is restricted, even for admins. There are system and registry tweaks which can override.
Why do you need raw drive access anyway? Why not simply locate a VDI on the drive?
Why do you need raw drive access anyway? Why not simply locate a VDI on the drive?
Re: Windows 10 PhysicalDrive VERR_ACCESS_DENIED
It had been running under Windows 7 fine till the upgrade.
I need physical drive access because my Linux system is installed on a physical drive. Plus, I want to be able to boot into Linux on that drive some times.
I need physical drive access because my Linux system is installed on a physical drive. Plus, I want to be able to boot into Linux on that drive some times.
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Re: Windows 10 PhysicalDrive VERR_ACCESS_DENIED
Past discussion, enabling raw access to Win7 and later disks. AFAIK this is still the solution (though raw access is not something I use myself) :-
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=38914#p175089
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=38914#p175089