Hard disk already attached to .... ????

contess · Post by **contess** » 8. Jan 2009, 21:15

I am getting this error when trying to start a VM:

Hard disk '/home/suwan/.VirtualBox/VDI/XP.vdi' with UUID {de4dc4df-3441-4b65-9471fd09d90d0003} is already attached to a machine with UUID 
{f5bc6d1f-739e-40fe-8db2-d97a5a3b0782} (see '/home/suwan/.VirtualBox/Machine/XP/XP.xml').

Result Code:    NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component:     Machine
Interface:        IMachine {1e509de4-d96c-4f44-8b94-860194f710ac

I did not change anything. Even when this happened I only had 1 single VM

Please help. I am at the end of my nerves with Virtualbox

Post by **Sasquatch** » 8. Jan 2009, 21:42

From the Virtual Disk Manager, release the drive and attach it again to the proper VM from it's settings.

If you have only one VM, you can also remove it (leave the VDI as it is) and create a new one. Attach the existing VDI to it and make sure that the settings are the same. Note the MAC address of the previous VM and copy it to the new one, as it could cause a Windows activation.

contess · Post by **contess** » 9. Jan 2009, 00:30

thanks for the help, I try.

But, tell me, do you know why this is happening ? it is utterly annoying.

isama · Post by **isama** » 10. Jan 2009, 15:59

it appears to be a strange bug of some kind...