Can't start a virtual machine

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Dounter
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Joined: 25. Oct 2020, 16:20

Can't start a virtual machine

Post by Dounter »

So i can't any virtual box machine i make, i have already looked for solutions hyper-v wasnt even running, and nothing i try seem to fix it.

Failed to open a session for the virtual machine VN.

VD: Backend 'VBoxIsoMaker' does not support async I/O (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED).

VISO: RTVfsChainQueryInfo failed to open 'C:/Users/diogo/Downloads/Virtual machine': VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND (VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND).

VD: error VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND opening image file 'C:\Users\diogo\VirtualBox VMs\ad-hoc.viso' (VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND).

Failed to open image 'C:\Users\diogo\VirtualBox VMs\ad-hoc.viso' in read-only mode (VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND).

AHCI: Failed to attach drive to Port1 (VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND).

Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component: ConsoleWrap
Interface: IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed}

Can anyone help me?
scottgus1
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Joined: 30. Dec 2009, 20:14
Primary OS: MS Windows 10
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: Windows, Linux

Re: Can't start a virtual machine

Post by scottgus1 »

It appears you used (accidentally or intentionally) VirtualBox's ad-hoc virtual iso system, and the '.viso' file no longer exists.

In the main Virtualbox window, open the guest's Storage settings. Go to each Optical Drive (often there is only one but there can be more) and if the contents attached to the drive have a .viso extension, click that drive, and in the popup menu click "Remove disk from virtual drive".
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