[WorksForMe] fatal: no bootable medium found system halted

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Cezario
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[WorksForMe] fatal: no bootable medium found system halted

Post by Cezario »

HelloI
created a new virtual machine and when I start the virtual machine, win7 does not start and this error appears:
"fatal no bootable medium found system halted"
What can I do in front of this error?

I have virtualbox installed on mac and installed win7 ..
please help!!
Last edited by socratis on 26. Nov 2018, 13:34, edited 1 time in total.
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mpack
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Re: fatal: no bootable medium found system halted

Post by mpack »

The message means exactly what it says: no bootable medium is attached to the VM. Assuming you didn't delete any media files then usually this would be because no OS has been installed yet.

Do you have a CD with the Windows 7 installer on it? Choosing a VirtualBox Windows 7 template creates a VM which is suitable for Win7. It does not install Win7.
Cezario
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Re: fatal: no bootable medium found system halted

Post by Cezario »

Yes, that was the problem. now I put the cd of win7.
Thank you so much.
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Re: fatal: no bootable medium found system halted

Post by socratis »

Marking as [WorksForMe].
Do NOT send me Personal Messages (PMs) for troubleshooting, they are simply deleted.
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