selected virtual machine is inaccessible message

[Helicopterix]

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This drive has been working fine for about a year but all of a sudden cannot find the virtual drive on a windows machine. Re-download the software?? any suggestion would be great.

[socratis]

The error could not be more clear: "File not found". And it tells you exactly which file. In bold. Check to see if the file exists with your Windows Explorer. Re-downloading the software will not help you.

Edit: Check also to see if there is a file "C:\Users\May\VirtualBox VMs\Timeclock Server\Timeclock Server.vbox-prev".

[Helicopterix]

Thanks... found the file, now where do I put it back where it belongs? i'm sorry i'm inexperienced with this stuff... we had a tech set it up for us and he no longer works here.

[Helicopterix]

The error could not be more clear: "File not found". And it tells you exactly which file. In bold. Check to see if the file exists with your Windows Explorer. Re-downloading the software will not help you.

Edit: Check also to see if there is a file "C:\Users\May\VirtualBox VMs\Timeclock Server\Timeclock Server.vbox-prev".

where shall I put file if i find it?

[socratis]

What do you mean "where shall I put it"? Where did you find it to begin with? And which of the two files are you talking about? The .vbox or the .vbox-prev?

[loukingjr]

I think what socratis was saying is, you should have two files in the "C:\Users\May\VirtualBox VMs\Timeclock Server\" folder. "Timeclock Server.vbox" and "Timeclock Server.vbox-prev". If you only have "Timeclock Server.vbox-prev" in the folder, you can rename it to "Timeclock Server.vbox" then launch your guest.

[mpack]

I think we're jumping the gun here. The error message gives both a path and a filename. Which of these (if any) still exists?

[Helicopterix]

I think we're jumping the gun here. The error message gives both a path and a filename. Which of these (if any) still exists?

There are 2 that exist... one that ends in .vbox-prev and one that ends in .vbox-tmp. they are both contained in C:\Users\May\VirtualBox VMs\Timeclock Server.

[socratis]

Copy "Timeclock Server.vbox-tmp" to "Timeclock Server.vbox" and try to run your VM.

[Helicopterix]

Copy "Timeclock Server.vbox-tmp" to "Timeclock Server.vbox" and try to run your VM.

thank you guys... that was the fix... got it to boot

Best,

Scott