Can't run one of my VMs after upgrading and restoring
Posted: 21. Feb 2013, 01:30
First off I am using the Virtualbox GUI version 4.2.6 r82870 on a laptop running Windows 8, 64 bit (English).
I am having trouble with a vitual machine running Windows 7 Japanese edition (actually, two of them, but I figure I should handle one thing at a time, and for some reason the vdi file for that one seems to be outright missing- even from the windows easy transfer backup file, so... yeah..).
Long story short, I was running Windows 7 64 bit (English) on my laptop, and I wanted to upgrade to Windows 8 (also 64 bit, also English ofc). After having upgraded on my pc and having no end of trouble, I decided to opt for the "upgrade without saving my settings or files" method for my laptop and things worked much better....
Prior to the upgrade I backed things up with windows easy transfer, and after the upgrade I restored everything with windows easy transfer. So far so good, except that two of my three virtual machines won't start up now. As far as the VM in question is concerned:
Going to a command prompt and typing vboxmanage showvminfo "sephchan" just gives me an error:
The error I get when I try to run the VM is this:
if theres any information missing from this post I apologize, I did look at the FAQ and I did do some forum searches but the solutions I found did not seem to work for me, and in any event those problems do not seem quite the same.
I am having trouble with a vitual machine running Windows 7 Japanese edition (actually, two of them, but I figure I should handle one thing at a time, and for some reason the vdi file for that one seems to be outright missing- even from the windows easy transfer backup file, so... yeah..).
Long story short, I was running Windows 7 64 bit (English) on my laptop, and I wanted to upgrade to Windows 8 (also 64 bit, also English ofc). After having upgraded on my pc and having no end of trouble, I decided to opt for the "upgrade without saving my settings or files" method for my laptop and things worked much better....
Prior to the upgrade I backed things up with windows easy transfer, and after the upgrade I restored everything with windows easy transfer. So far so good, except that two of my three virtual machines won't start up now. As far as the VM in question is concerned:
Going to a command prompt and typing vboxmanage showvminfo "sephchan" just gives me an error:
Code: Select all
VBoxManage.exe: error: Could not find a registered machine named 'sephchan'
VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80bb0001), compo
nent VirtualBox, interface IVirtualBox, callee IUnknown
VBoxManage.exe: error: Context: "FindMachine(Bstr(VMNameOrUuid).raw(), machine.a
sOutParam())" at line 2495 of file VBoxManageInfo.cppCode: Select all
Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Sephchan.
The VM session was closed before any attempt to power it on.
Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component: SessionMachine
Interface: ISession {12f4dcdb-12b2-4ec1-b7cd-ddd9f6c5bf4d}