VHD image corrupted by Windows 10 update
Posted: 31. Oct 2017, 22:07
I'm running VirtualBox v5.1.28 on a Windows 10 Pro 64-bit system. I use it to run a virtual instance of Windows XP Pro.
Anytime I make a significant change to the virtual XP machine, I save an updated snapshot. I keep the four most recent snapshots and delete the older ones.
Last week, I was deleting the oldest snapshot. The process indicated it was 100% complete, but the window didn't close. When I came back to the host machine sometime later, I found that Windows 10 had installed the Fall Creators Update and re-booted itself.
This has resulted in a corrupted VHD image. When I start VirtualBox now, I get a message that my VHD file cannot be opened. Here is the text of the error message:
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Failed to open a session for the virtual machine I5-650-XP.
Could not open the medium 'C:\Users\John\VirtualBox VMs\I5-650-XP\Snapshots/{aece0c8a-cb63-4544-948a-71b4a39c5f23}.vhd'.
VD: error VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND opening image file 'C:\Users\John\VirtualBox VMs\I5-650-XP\Snapshots/{aece0c8a-cb63-4544-948a-71b4a39c5f23}.vhd' (VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND).
Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component: MediumWrap
Interface: IMedium {4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda}
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Is there a way to recover from this failure?
I know there is now a v5.1.30 release, but I haven't installed it yet for fear of possibly making the situation worse.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
John
Anytime I make a significant change to the virtual XP machine, I save an updated snapshot. I keep the four most recent snapshots and delete the older ones.
Last week, I was deleting the oldest snapshot. The process indicated it was 100% complete, but the window didn't close. When I came back to the host machine sometime later, I found that Windows 10 had installed the Fall Creators Update and re-booted itself.
This has resulted in a corrupted VHD image. When I start VirtualBox now, I get a message that my VHD file cannot be opened. Here is the text of the error message:
=====================================================
Failed to open a session for the virtual machine I5-650-XP.
Could not open the medium 'C:\Users\John\VirtualBox VMs\I5-650-XP\Snapshots/{aece0c8a-cb63-4544-948a-71b4a39c5f23}.vhd'.
VD: error VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND opening image file 'C:\Users\John\VirtualBox VMs\I5-650-XP\Snapshots/{aece0c8a-cb63-4544-948a-71b4a39c5f23}.vhd' (VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND).
Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component: MediumWrap
Interface: IMedium {4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda}
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Is there a way to recover from this failure?
I know there is now a v5.1.30 release, but I haven't installed it yet for fear of possibly making the situation worse.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
John