Windows Xp Guest failing to boot out of the blue
Posted: 25. Feb 2014, 01:43
Hi.
Windows XP guest, Windows 7 host, Virtualbox 4.3.6 r91306
Out of the blue one of our XP Pro VMs has begun failing to boot. I've discovered a 0KB .vdi file in it's directory. Attached media shows up in media manager as "inaccessible", but the files are where they've always been. I have attempted to rebuild the machine by creating a new VM and attaching my old VDI, boot fails the same. I've tried re-importing the appliance this VM is based on, still fails to boot. I received a notification at startup that an audio device may not be functioning, so I've disabled audio in the VM and still no boot. All I see is "A disk read error occurred, press ctrl-alt-delete to restart", regardless of what media i'm using or what version of the VM I'm trying to boot. Nothing has changed on my end, what gives?
Please advise.
Signed,
Annoyed by Oracle's Sign-up Process
Windows XP guest, Windows 7 host, Virtualbox 4.3.6 r91306
Out of the blue one of our XP Pro VMs has begun failing to boot. I've discovered a 0KB .vdi file in it's directory. Attached media shows up in media manager as "inaccessible", but the files are where they've always been. I have attempted to rebuild the machine by creating a new VM and attaching my old VDI, boot fails the same. I've tried re-importing the appliance this VM is based on, still fails to boot. I received a notification at startup that an audio device may not be functioning, so I've disabled audio in the VM and still no boot. All I see is "A disk read error occurred, press ctrl-alt-delete to restart", regardless of what media i'm using or what version of the VM I'm trying to boot. Nothing has changed on my end, what gives?
Please advise.
Signed,
Annoyed by Oracle's Sign-up Process