All Questions
159
questions
1
vote
1
answer
5k
views
How to use Virtual Box with a Disk image created with Norton Ghost?
I was given a file with "sv2i" extension and a couple of "v2i" files. According to my search, it is a disk image created with Norton Ghost. I converted the sv2i file to a vmdk file, which apparently ...
CommunityBot
- 1
1
vote
1
answer
2k
views
VBoxManage gives error importing appliance
I was following along in a RHCSA labs course and ran into the following error I can not seem to get past. I know someone else who successfully ran through the installation so I am curious what is ...
2
votes
3
answers
4k
views
Not able to install Windows 10 on oracle virtual box
I have installed ORACLE virtual box in Windows 7 machine and created a VM for windows10 technical preview with the following settings:
Guest:
iso: Windows10_TechnicalPreview_x64_EN-US_9926
Machine ...
CommunityBot
- 1
0
votes
1
answer
123
views
Black Screen Issue Running Windows 10 VM on MacBook Air M2 using VirtualBox
I recently acquired a MacBook Air M2 and installed VirtualBox to run a Windows 10 virtual machine.
However, upon launching the VM, I encounter a persistent black screen. Despite the VM running, I'm ...
- 43.2k
1
vote
0
answers
102
views
VirtualBox Ubuntu webserver 404 error on one host but works fine on other hosts
I have prepared a VM webserver with Ubuntu server to allow a client to view his 2 retired websites on his PC.
The host is Windows, the VM is configured with port forwarding, and this all worked ...
- 56.1k
5
votes
3
answers
9k
views
Accessing physical disk from VirtualBox: Access Denied
I am trying to run a VirtualBox machine from a physical disk.
I read that I have to run
"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename C:\...
- 1
1
vote
4
answers
5k
views
Ubuntu guest (running in VMware player) freezes on Windows Host
I am trying to run Osboxes Ubuntu 20.4 guest image on Windows 10 Home 22H2 (both 64 bit) host using VMware Workstation 17 Player. My host configuration is Core i7 1065G7, 16GB RAM and 1TB NVMe SSD.
...
- 11
1
vote
1
answer
3k
views
How can I configure VirtualBox so that my guest has a 1920x1080 resolution while being full screen?
Environment: I use VirtualBox 7.0.12. Both the host OS and the guest OS run Windows 10. VirtualBox Guest Additions are installed.
Problem: my host has a 3840x2160 resolution. I want my guest to have a ...
- 21.8k
15
votes
7
answers
109k
views
How to open .VHDX files in virtualbox?
I used disk2vhd by microsoft so I tried to create a new virtualbox using it and I got this error
Failed to open the hard disk C:\Users\user\Documents\Virtual Box Images\win7vir.VHDX
Could not open ...
- 105
1
vote
1
answer
309
views
Linux guest in VirtualBox restarts session after Win11 host wakes from sleep
I've recently transferred my VM from an old Win10 laptop to a new Win11 one and encountered very annoying issue: If I close my laptop, making it go to sleep, and when wake it up after some time, my ...
- 141
0
votes
0
answers
95
views
How to convert multiple img files to a vdi?
I have a .vdi file which contains 3 .img files as seen in this picture:
image
I have extracted these .img files and modified them, now I'm trying to convert them back to a .vdi file.
If call the ...
- 1
0
votes
0
answers
276
views
How to use ExpressVPN inside virtual box using "Bridged Adapter"
ExpressVPN has an option called split tunnel which can connect only certain applications to the VPN network, I have tried it and it worked, but the problem is:
1- I must turn on the VPN on my desktop ...
- 3,667
0
votes
1
answer
51
views
Windows freezes when formatting a USB as a virtual box
I'm trying to format a USB on Windows 10. When I try and format the USB Windows freezes? I'm also doing this on Windows in a Virtual Box, with a MacBook Pro (2015 intel i7) running Monterey as the ...
- 79
1
vote
0
answers
140
views
Taskhost Process has high CPU when using VirtualBox
I am running a Ubuntu VirtualBox-VM on my Windows 10 host machine.
After the VM is running for some time (not at the beginning), the process taskhostw.exe uses much of the CPU. I normaly use ssh to ...
- 166
1
vote
2
answers
1k
views
Automatically pausing a Virtualbox VM if it receives no KB/mouse input
I am running a Windows 10 guest on my Macbook Pro MacOS 10.12.
In order to conserve the resources and battery of the host, I'd like to be able to pause the guest if the guest receives no keyboard or ...
