Cannot Locate CD-ROM

Discussions related to using VirtualBox on Windows hosts.
Post Reply
Whiplash88
Posts: 5
Joined: 17. Jul 2011, 02:34
Primary OS: MS Windows 7
VBox Version: OSE other
Guest OSses: Windows XP

Cannot Locate CD-ROM

Post by Whiplash88 »

Hey guys, I just installed XP Pro in virtual box, mainly just to run simpler/slightly older games on it, that dont seem to work to well with Win 7. In this case, Age of Empires II and its expansion. Win 7 has a horrible color issue, and I refuse to resort to the most popular "hack and slash" solution of just killing my explorer.exe task. So Virtual Box was a great way to get around that :)

I've done this in the past, and had it work, but now after completing the installation of both the Age of Empires II, and Conquerors expansion, it won't recognize the disk in the cd-rom. Every time I go to run the game the error "Cannot locate CD-rom. Please insert the correct disk, click ok, and then restart the application" window comes up. Don't know if maybe you guys might be able to help?

Thanks again :) If you need more details regarding hardware or specs, let me know.
Top
Sasquatch
Volunteer
Posts: 17798
Joined: 17. Mar 2008, 13:41
Primary OS: Debian other
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: Windows XP, Windows 7, Linux
Location: /dev/random

Re: Cannot Locate CD-ROM

Post by Sasquatch »

That's from the game when you want to play it? Enable passthrough in the VM settings. Turn the VM off, go to Storage, select the CD drive and when the physical host drive is select, it will be an option. Enable it, start the VM and see how that goes.
Read the Forum Posting Guide before opening a topic.
VirtualBox FAQ: Check this before asking questions.
Online User Manual: A must read if you want to know what we're talking about.
Howto: Install Linux Guest Additions
Howto: Use Shared Folders on Linux Guest
See the Tutorials and FAQ section at the top of the Forum for more guides.
Try searching the forums first with Google and add the site filter for this forum.
E.g. install guest additions site:forums.virtualbox.org

Retired from this Forum since OSSO introduction.
Top
Whiplash88
Posts: 5
Joined: 17. Jul 2011, 02:34
Primary OS: MS Windows 7
VBox Version: OSE other
Guest OSses: Windows XP

Re: Cannot Locate CD-ROM

Post by Whiplash88 »

Got it :) Turns out I just needed to run my updates. The XP I installed comes with Service Pack 2. I did all of my updates to service pack 3 and the issue was resolved :) Yay!
Top
Post Reply

Return to “VirtualBox on Windows Hosts”