COM server is not running, help!

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enricviv
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Joined: 3. Jan 2015, 15:24
Primary OS: MS Windows 7
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Guest OSses: Windows Server 2012, 2008 R2
Location: Barcelona, ES

COM server is not running, help!

Post by enricviv »

Hi there,

I'm trying to create a new virtual disk pointing one Seagate USB 1 TB and I get the following error:

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename "%USERPROFILE%"\.VirtualBox\usb.vmdk -rawdisk \\.\PhysicalDrive1
VBoxManage.exe: error: Failed to create the VirtualBox object!
VBoxManage.exe: error: Code CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE (0x80080005) - Server execution failed (extended info not available)
VBoxManage.exe: error: Most likely, the VirtualBox COM server is not running or failed to start.

First of all I got the right disk number using list disk command:

DISKPART> list disk

Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 119 GB 0 B
Disk 1 Online 931 GB 0 B

I'm stuck with that, any help would be very appreciated,

My host OS is Windows 7 Ultimate Edition, 8 Gb Ram
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