Create a Machine using existing VHD.

Weboh · Post by **Weboh** » 3. Feb 2015, 00:49

I'm having a hard time creating a machine with an existing Windows Virtual PC vhd. Whenever I try, I get the message below. How can I make this work?

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Result 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)

Post by **socratis** » 3. Feb 2015, 01:07

How exactly did you create the VM? Can you post the VM's recipe? Right-click on the VM, Show in Explorer. Zip it and attach it.

Weboh · Post by **Weboh** » 3. Feb 2015, 01:19

The VM that the hard drive was from was created with Windows Virtual PC. I can't attach a VirtualBox VM information file, as I can't create one. But here's the Windows Virtual PC file.

Post by **socratis** » 3. Feb 2015, 01:25

Weboh wrote:I can't attach a VirtualBox VM information file, as I can't create one.

Wait a minute. Are you simply double-clicking on the VHD file? And what exactly do you mean "can't create one"?

Weboh · Post by **Weboh** » 3. Feb 2015, 01:28

No, no. I'm using the standard virtual box create virtual machine button, from within virtualbox. I then tell it to use an existing hard drive for the new machine I'm creating, and that's the problem. It gives that error and won't let me create a machine.

Post by **loukingjr** » 3. Feb 2015, 01:31

you can't use an external hard drive to create a guest. you can attach a .vhd file if it's correct.

Post by **BillG** » 3. Feb 2015, 01:35

There is no legal way to run XP Mode other than in Windows 7. It is not designed to run in any other OS or as a standalone vm.

Post by **loukingjr** » 3. Feb 2015, 01:38

I believe BillG is correct.

Weboh · Post by **Weboh** » 3. Feb 2015, 01:39

@ loukingjr
I know. I'm trying to attach a vhd. I know it's valid because it still works in Virtual PC.

@BillG
I'm running WIndows 7. I just want it in VirtualBox because Virtual PC's native graphics driver is garbage.

Post by **mpack** » 3. Feb 2015, 01:44

The error message is quite clear - the VHD is a difference image, similar to a linked clone in VBox, and the base image is not available.

Providing a complete image (with control linkage) is only the first hurdle. As BillG alludes, the XP image from Win7 XP Mode needs to be activated, and it will only do so on the original Win7 host. The feature was meant to get you using Win7, it was never intended to be a permanent solution. However, it may be possible to install another license key if you have one, though it will probably have to be of the same type as the current XP image (presumably Pro, Retail). Not an XP Home key, not an OEM key.

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