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Why do I run out of disk space when I attempt to update a VirtualBox VM to Windows 10?

I have installed VirtualBox (version 5.22 with latest guest additions) on MacBook Pro (running Yosemite) and have one VM which is running Windows 7. I want to upgrade this to Windows 10. The Windows ...
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How would I recover a crashed ubuntu instance running in VMware workstation?

I was running VMware Workstation 11.0 VM on a Windows 10 (64bit) host with Ubuntu 14.04 as guest. Last night my windows crashed and I reset my windows but all new application/software I lost including ...
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VirtualBox fails to attach driver when starting VM

I have three VirtualBox VMs on my Windows 10 host, one Linux Mint 17.3 and two Ubuntu 14.04.4. Often when I start any of the VMs I get the following error message at launch: Failed to open a ...
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How do I successfully virtualise my (Boot-Camp) Window 10 partition so it runs on Hyper-V?

I have a MacBook Pro with a Windows 10 partition running on Boot-Camp and I would like to convert the Windows 10 partition into a virtual disk/machine that I can use as a VM within a Windows hosted ...
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Connect to a remote Linux (VMWare) VM using Windows 10

Well it seems like a very simple thing to do but i couldn't find anything online that simply explain how to do this: I have a Desktop PC running Windows 10 which i installed "VMWare Workstation" and ...
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VMware shows windows ( ubantu ) loading but do not open

I'm using VMware workstation to run a ubantu based software software . First it was running fine , but suddenly when I open .vmx file and power on the virtual machine , it start to starting fine . But ...
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Windows 10- associate Chrome window with an arbitrary virtual desktop on startup

(W10 tag used b/c only W10 supports multiple virtual desktops. If I read the tag description yet, I should be using VM tag, even though virtual desktops aren't VMs, are they?) I have 8 virtual ...
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Cannot create checkpoint on Hyper-V (0x800423F4)

Host Machine: Intel Core i3 3120M @ 2,50Ghz 2,50Ghz 12GB RAM Windows 10 Enterprise 64Bit 750GB HD 250GB SSD Virtual Machine: Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise 4 virtual processors 8GB RAM I'm ...
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Is it possible to activate a Windows 10 Pro virtual machine on the same keyed host?

I've built a couple computers for my kids, and naturally they want to play MineCraft and whatever other games. So, we purchased full versions of Windows 10 Pro. I don't really have time to "manage" ...
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External hard drive not being recognized by Windows virtual machine on Mac

Using: VMWare Fusion 8.0.0, El Capitan 10.11.4 on MacBook Pro (Late 2013), Windows 10 x64 (trial version by the way), LaCie 1TB Porsche Design Mobile Drive (USB 3.0, NTFS) Goal: Read/write/delete/etc ...
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Problems with virtualbox ubuntu

I'm trying to get a Ubuntu VM running on my Win 10 machine . I don't have much experience with this (did it once a few years ago on a different machine, and didn't have any problems), and I'm not ...
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VMware Windows 7 corrupted, need to recover my files

I installed a Windows 7 operating system on VMware virtual machine and my host computer is running Windows 10. My Windows 7 operating system of virtual machine is corrupted and I need to recover some ...
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Open '*-flat.vmdk' file to restore data

vmWare Worstation 10 suddenly crashed. After trying to reboot the virtual machine next error was shown: "NOT REACHED: d:/build/ob/bora-2844087/bora/lib/disklib/sparseChecker.c:1308". After some ...
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Hyper-V not connecting to Virtual Machine in Windows 10

I have installed Hyper-V manager on Windows 10 pro and have connected to the server which is hosting all virtual machines. By using the Connect to server, I am able to see all the virtual machines. ...
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Windows 10 virtual machine on Windows 7 x64? [duplicate]

Every morning, there's a little window urging me to upgrade to Windows 10 hanging off the taskbar. Is there a straightforward way to create a Windows 10 VM under Windows 7 x64, so I could see what it'...
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