virtualbox 4.2.6 - --- Could not find an open hard disk wit

[VMROCKzzz]

I have installed Virtualbox on windows 8 and i have windows XP inside virtual box.I enabled the USB option under the settings, needed a package, downloaded and installed. when i tried to use webcam, everything hanged, I stopped the virtualbox by ending it's process from task manager. and now nothing works. I get the following message. I tried to upgrade to 4.2.10, still not working. downgraded again, still not working. I have soooo much stuff inside and i cannot loss this vm in anyway. Please please help me.


Failed to open virtual machine located in C:/Users/Omari/VirtualBox VMs/Windows XP/Windows XP.vbox.

Could not find an open hard disk with UUID {fdad4e87-c8f4-4035-b5da-80c0d0c8e33a}.

Result Code: VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80BB0001)
Component: VirtualBox
Interface: IVirtualBox {3b2f08eb-b810-4715-bee0-bb06b9880ad2}

Best Regards,
Looking for immediate help

[noteirak]

The error is clear : Virtualbox cannot find the disk of the VM.
Attach as a zip file the output of the following, ran from the Virtualbox installation dir :

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vboxmanage list hdds

[mpack]

Sounds like a typical snapshots problem. By stopping the VM the control file has lost sync with the contents of the VM folder. The remedy would depend on what's left to work with.

Post the following :-

1. Directory listing of VM folder.
2. Directory listing of VM/Snapshots folder.
3. A .zip containing your VMs .vbox file.

[VMROCKzzz]

Thank you all. Please see attached.

[noteirak]

Looks like you're effectively missing a file, or at leat which is not registered. We can see the UUID of the disk, but we don't see its registration in the file.
What files do you have in the WindowsXP VM folder?

[mpack]

Strange. You have no media at all registered with the VM. When I've seen this in the past it was the result of the user creating the VM in weird ways, e.g. drag-and-dropping the hard disk into the global media registry and then accessing it from a VM, or accessing media belonging to another VM. Basically, instead of reading the current user manual for current methods of creating a VM, the user instead relied on some randomly selected and ancient blog that was wildly inaccurate even when it was written - accuracy not improved by the passage of time.

In any case the sequence of events mentioned in the first post cannot have produced this problem, the cause must be along the lines I've just suggested.

[VMROCKzzz]

There is another file "Windows XP.vdi" this is 16 GB in size.


I have purchased some stuff with single license and i have installed on this machine, If i lose this machine, i lose those license. Please help me to recover this.

[noteirak]

Simply go into your VM settings, under the storage section.
You'll see the IDE connector. Remove any previous disk that is attached, and when prompted select KEEP or you'll effectively loose your disk.
Then, while selecting the IDE connector, click on the icon to add a disk at the bottom, and select the VDI you just found.
Start the VM and all should be fine.

[VMROCKzzz]

Hello,

I don't have it vbox main window to do that. when i try to open i get the old message. I have attached some files including the vbox directly for that XP virtual machine.


Guys, Please help me......


Looking forward too.

[mpack]

I don't have it vbox main window to do that

Of course you do - you are running v4.2.6, so you have the same windows that every other v4.2.6 and later user has.

1. Go to the main VirtualBox GUI window
2. Select your VM, and click the "Settings" button on the top toolbar.
3. Select the "Storage" item from the list.
4. Click the "Controller:" line in the listbox and click the "Add Hard Disk" button right beside it.
5. Browse to your VDI file, done.

[VMROCKzzz]

thanks for your reply. I do not have that VM in virtualbox GUI window. it is because i manually removed it before, but now if i try to load, it gives me that error.

[mpack]

Ok, I have manually corrected your .vbox file, see the attachment. Backup your old .vbox file before replacing with this one. Make sure the "Windows XP.vdi" file is in the same folder as the VM.

[VMROCKzzz]

Worked!!!!!!!!!!!! YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

mpack, you are my man. I don't know what to say, but thank you man. I really really appreciated.


Best REgards