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ironhak

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Registered: 2025-08-10

Posts: 56

[SOLVED] VirtualBox can't save machine state on Windows guest

I'm running vbox on arch linux with windows 11 as guest. When I try to suspend the machine state I see a progress bar that reach 100% and then it throws the error: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005).

After that the machine go to "Pause" state.

I'm on vbox 7.2.4 r170995 with guest additions last version installed on the guest.

Last edited by ironhak (2025-10-29 22:19:27)

ironhak

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Registered: 2025-08-10

Posts: 56

Re: [SOLVED] VirtualBox can't save machine state on Windows guest

I forgot my VM was stored on an external SSD, and there was not enough free space. Problem fixed after freeing up space.