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Need help to recover VM
Posted: 11. Dec 2019, 16:16
by kikokrajco
Hello, when i open VM it always says
Start tag expected, '<' not found.
Location: 'K:\VMs\11.vbox-prev\11.vbox', line 1 (0), column 1.
F:\tinderbox\win-6.0\src\VBox\Main\src-server\MachineImpl.cpp[497] (long __cdecl Machine::initFromSettings(class VirtualBox *,const class com::Utf8Str &,const class com::Guid *)).
Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component: MachineWrap
Interface: IMachine {5047460a-265d-4538-b23e-ddba5fb84976}
Callee: IVirtualBox {d0a0163f-e254-4e5b-a1f2-011cf991c38d}
I found already some tips here on forums but i did not worked at all, could you please help me ? and also i would need recover the exactly vm not create new with vdi file.
Many thanks for help
Re: Need help to recover VM
Posted: 11. Dec 2019, 16:21
by scottgus1
Look in the folder 'K:\VMs\11.vbox-prev'. There should be a "11.vbox" and an "11.vbox-prev" .
Rename "11.vbox" to "11.vbox.old".
Make a copy of "11.vbox-prev"
Rename the copy to "11.vbox"
Try starting the guest. If you have trouble, zip and post both "11.vbox" and "11.vbox-prev" in one zip folder, then post the zip using the forum's Upload Attachment tab.
FWIW based on the folder name it sounds like this has happened before...
Re: Need help to recover VM
Posted: 12. Dec 2019, 06:40
by socratis
kikokrajco wrote:Location: 'K:\VMs\11.vbox-prev\11.vbox'
Do you have a VM that's called "11.vbox-prev"? If not, something's not right with your whole setup.
Re: Need help to recover VM
Posted: 12. Dec 2019, 23:48
by fth0
scottgus1 wrote:a "11.vbox" and an "11.vbox.prev"
At least under VirtualBox 5.2.34, the 2nd filename would be "11.vbox
-prev". If this holds true for the 6.x.y versions of VirtualBox, you can correct your post, and socratis can remove this post of mine.
Re: Need help to recover VM
Posted: 13. Dec 2019, 09:10
by socratis
fth0 wrote:If this holds true for the 6.x.y versions of VirtualBox
It holds true since I can remember VirtualBox...
fth0 wrote:you can correct your post, and socratis can remove this post of mine.
I corrected the post from 'scottgus1' and yours can stay as is, don't want to mess up the context/flow...