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Virtual PC XP Mode to Virtualbox Problem

Posted: 22. Nov 2014, 16:15
by Draix
Hello, im trying to get the XP mode on virtualbox to run but when i want to add it i get this error message:

Parent medium with UUID {7d35d3e0-31ae-6845-8aa1-ee94d772296f} of the medium 'C: \ Users \ Kevin \ WindowsXPMode.vhd' is not found in the media registry ('C: \ Users \ Kevin / .VirtualBox \ VirtualBox .xml ').

Error code: E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component: Medium
Interface: iMedium {05f2bbb6-a3a6-4fb9-9b49-6d0dda7142ac}
Callee: IVirtualBox {fafa4e17-1ee2-4905-A10E-fe7c18bf5554}
Callee RC: VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80BB0001)

Re: Virtual PC XP Mode to Virtualbox Problem

Posted: 22. Nov 2014, 16:19
by loukingjr
Is there a reason you think it should run?

Re: Virtual PC XP Mode to Virtualbox Problem

Posted: 22. Nov 2014, 22:37
by mpack
XP mode typically creates linked clones of the XP template, so you're missing the base VHD.

But all that is moot, because the XP mode VM will only activate on the original Win7 PC. You need a new license and CD key if you want to use it elsewhere.