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643.com wrote:but couldn't get to Step 2 because I can't get past the "Guru"

Wait a minute... You get a Guru Meditation when you're booting from the GParted ISO??? Are you sure you're booting from the ISO? Can you make sure that the CD is first in the VM Settings » System » Boot order?

If not, I definitely want to see a ZIPPED VBox.log from a Guru while trying to start with GParted...

Whoops! Didn't read closely enough...I will boot from the GParted iso...

Just booted from GParted iso and working to resize the partition in that GUI. The process is frozen, but I am hopeful that is just the way it is when it is resizing...will post an update either when process completes or in the morning.

UPDATE:

1. GParted completed but gave me an error - said that I had deleted a partition that was required for resizing...not sure what that meant, so I am trying it again.
2. I am waiting on my Windows 10 purchase (TechSoup) to be approved and delivered before I can create my VM2 and then hopefully mount my VM1 (vdi).

Will update when there is a development.

UPDATE: I went through 36 hours of creating a 2 TB virtual disk on my external drive. Went to install Windows 10 and am getting the following error (see attached). I don't want to go through the process of recreating the virtual disk!

Help!

643.com wrote: I went through 36 hours of creating a 2 TB virtual disk on my external drive.

Huh??? What did you do and how did you do it?

BTW, this is getting away from the original "GURU MEDITATION | HELP!" title of the thread, don't you think?

Yep. Good reminder. Will close this and open a new one. Thanks for all your help.