[solved] parent folder doesn't exist

[ciamurra]

Also, in the storage settings for WindowsXP the host drive is "empty" and there is no floppy controller as there is in the WindowsXP.vdi in the old machine.

[ciamurra]

One last question and then I'm turning in.

I created two WindowsXP vms without meaning to. The first one has 2048 MB and no WindowsXP in storage. The second has 4096 MB and WindowsXP in storage. Can I delete the first and reduce the memory in the second? Each takes up 10 GB -- does that mean 20 GB are gone from the host? How do I delete one of these VMs?

[loukingjr]

One last question and then I'm turning in.

I created two WindowsXP vms without meaning to. The first one has 2048 MB and no WindowsXP in storage. The second has 4096 MB and WindowsXP in storage. Can I delete the first and reduce the memory in the second? Each takes up 10 GB -- does that mean 20 GB are gone from the host? How do I delete one of these VMs?

you can delete the first one and reduce the memory of the second one. as far as the 10 GB I assume you mean the HD?

Edit: had to go. hopefully everything is working.

[ciamurra]

You are fantastic! IT WORKS!!! You are unbelievably patient. Thank you so much. The programs are there and installed -- I didn't expect that. All I have to do is reactivate Windows (and delete the unneeded VM). Thank you again.

[loukingjr]

You are fantastic! IT WORKS!!! You are unbelievably patient. Thank you so much. The programs are there and installed -- I didn't expect that. All I have to do is reactivate Windows (and delete the unneeded VM). Thank you again.

you're welcome. glad I could help.

[mpack]

I think you'll soon find that 10GB as too small for the hd of an XP VM. It needs to be twice that IMHO if you want to avoid congestion, poor performance, and mysterious failures during Windows updates. When the time comes, be sure to read the Howto|Generic forum for info on enlarging a disk.

[ciamurra]

All you have to do is copy the WindowsXP.vdi file from the old machine to the new machine. Say to your desktop on the new machine. Then on the new machine in VirtualBox, create a new WindowsXP machine, you can name it WindowsXP. When the Hard Drive dialog opens click "Do not add a virtual hard drive". Then click Create. Next just drag the WindowsXP.vdi file that you copied from the old computer into the new WindowsXP folder. Then in the VirtualBox window just click on Storage, click on the "Add Hard Disk" green plus sign, then choose, "Choose existing disk", then select the WindowsXP.vdi file. Click "OK". Adjust the settings for the new machine to match those that were set on the old machine. You should be good to go.

After clicking create, I dragged a vdi created on July 2, i.e., when I restored it from Time Machine. I knew it would be OK. In the next step, select start-up disk, I tried to select the vdi, but it was greyed out. I cancelled select start-up disk" and went to the next step. Next, a window called WindowsXP: starting VM. A progress bar called "Creating process for virtual machine "WindowsXP" (GUI/Qt) ... (1/2). It didn't progress at all, so I clicked on an "x" button to cancel. That froze VirtualBox. The process didn't cancel and I couldn't do anything else in VB.

The problem occurs when I drag the old vdi into dianedvacca/VirtualBox VMs/WindowsXP to replace the vdi created by VB. Can I get around this problem? This step worked before.

[loukingjr]

that's not what I told you to do. I told you to create a new folder called VMs in you applications folder... see above and re-read the post

[ciamurra]

Ok. I've created the VM and it works as it should. Now to increase RAM and double and extend the size.

[loukingjr]

I hope you weren't waiting for me to say "go ahead"

[ciamurra]

No. I thought I'd be done long ago. After several hitches, I'm now trying to use GParted. I've downloaded it twice in Windows. Error: Windows can't run this kind of file. What program created it? I downloaded it twice and can't find it in Windows.
So I downloaded it in the mac, put it in the shared folder and retrieved it into windows. I downloaded some unzip file, and tried to save to the CD drive (I don't actually have one). Now Open It! says "this file type is not supported" while including .iso among the supported formats.

[loukingjr]

did you read what I posted? you don't download it in WIndows. you download it to your Mac. Attach it to the Windows guest under the Storage settings as a CD in VirtualBox.

[loukingjr]

With the Windows guest shutdown and VirtualBox open. Click on Storage, Click where it says Empty, Click on the small icon that looks like a CD, Select Choose a virtual CD/DVD disk file... select the GParted .iso then start the guest.

[ciamurra]

OK. I have the GParted file in the shared folder. I've opened the storage page for the WINXP guest. 3 items in window: Controller: IDE and within that, WindowsXP.vdi and Empty. I selected Empty and see the attributes are CD/DVD Drive, IDE Secondary (greyed out), an unchecked checkbox Live CD/DVD, and Information: Type, Size, Location, Attached to-- all blank. I tried dragging Gparted to "Attached to" but that did nothing.

[loukingjr]

OK. I have the GParted file in the shared folder. I've opened the storage page for the WINXP guest. 3 items in window: Controller: IDE and within that, WindowsXP.vdi and Empty. I selected Empty and see the attributes are CD/DVD Drive, IDE Secondary (greyed out), an unchecked checkbox Live CD/DVD, and Information: Type, Size, Location, Attached to-- all blank. I tried dragging Gparted to "Attached to" but that did nothing.

you don't drag it, as I said, you click the icon next to Empty, choose ... etc. a dialog window will open so you can choose gparted.