VirtualBox - "Failed to create Medium Storage"

[EAE_Animator]

I have https://archive.org/details/WinXPProSP3x86 as the iso.
I have version 7.0.16 of VirtualBox.
I set base memory to 512 MB, CPUs to 2, and the virtual hard disk to 5 GB.
What am I doing wrong?

 

[The Real Jdbye]

I have version 7.0.16 of VirtualBox.
I set base memory to 512 MB, CPUs to 2, and the virtual hard disk to 5 GB.
What am I doing wrong?

Probably shouldn't be linking to that. I got told off by staff for linking to something on archive.org before.

Sounds like either you don't have enough space on the drive or VirtualBox does not have write access to the disk image location.

The VBox.log file in the VM directory should contain more information about why it failed.

 

[EAE_Animator]

Probably shouldn't be linking to that. I got told off by staff for linking to something on archive.org before.

Sounds like either you don't have enough space on the drive or VirtualBox does not have write access to the disk image location.

The VBox.log file in the VM directory should contain more information about why it failed.

there is no log file...

edit: oops, realized its in C:. the two latest logs say:
00:00:43.510647 GUI: UICommon: Handling aboutToQuit request..
00:00:44.517642 GUI: UICommon: aboutToQuit request handled!
idk what this is

 

[The Real Jdbye]

there is no log file...

Sounds like your "VirtualBox VMs" is probably not writable then (since that's where the log files are stored too)

 

[EAE_Animator]

Sounds like your "VirtualBox VMs" is probably not writable then (since that's where the log files are stored too)

do you know how? Im genuinely going crazy since theres ALL guides of this are outdated

 

[a_username_that_isnt_cool]

do you know how? Im genuinely going crazy since theres ALL guides of this are outdated

Right-click -> Properties -> Read only (uncheck)

 

[EAE_Animator]

Right-click -> Properties -> Read only (uncheck)

ok so its already unchecked but thats not an issue anymore? since i have it running. But I had to decrease my VDI's size all the way down to 3 gigs. my hard drive has 153 gigs left so is it lying?? Is it secretly doing something shady?

 

[The Real Jdbye]

do you know how? Im genuinely going crazy since theres ALL guides of this are outdated

Try using a different folder? Don't use a folder in Program Files, make one on the root of the drive or in Documents or something.

 

[EAE_Animator]

Try using a different folder? Don't use a folder in Program Files, make one on the root of the drive or in Documents or something.

the folder is in C:/Users/myname/VirtualBox VMs

 

[The Real Jdbye]

the folder is in C:/Users/myname/VirtualBox VMs

That should normally be writable. Not sure what could be wrong, but have you tried reinstalling the app?

there is no log file...

edit: oops, realized its in C:. the two latest logs say:
00:00:43.510647 GUI: UICommon: Handling aboutToQuit request..
00:00:44.517642 GUI: UICommon: aboutToQuit request handled!
idk what this is

I think that's not the right log file, there should be an individual log file for each VM. Anyway, those logs don't indicate any issue.

 

[EAE_Animator]

Well the i unchecked the "read only" option in the folder, and i turned off "read only" on virtualbox. And now im looking at other guides and seeing people say that its bc the drive is full. BUT IT HAS 153 GIGS LEFT! What is VirtualBox Doing??!!