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Barghest

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From: Hanau/Germany

Registered: 2008-01-03

Posts: 563

[solved] Can't get rid of a VirtualBox warning

Hi,

every time I start VirtualBox I receive a message that there was one or more virtual hard drives or DVD drives that aren't accessible.

If I click on the button to check this issue I can see an .iso with an exclamation mark but there are no additional options. In the right click menu "remove" is greyed out.

Any way to delete it anyhow?

Last edited by Barghest (2011-06-27 14:53:04)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [solved] Can't get rid of a VirtualBox warning

IIRC there's an xml file that keeps that info so you can edit it manually.

What exactly happened? Did you remove the virtual drive w/o first "unloading" it via the Virtualbox interface? What do you use it for? Maybe you can pick another iso (the same way you did it the first time, from the virtual machine setup interface) in its place so the warnings stop.

Disclaimer: The last time I've used Virtualbox was a couple years ago on Windows XP ;P

Last edited by karol (2011-06-26 12:47:16)

Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

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Re: [solved] Can't get rid of a VirtualBox warning

Open the VirtualBox console and then

File --> Virtual Media Manager  Or you can simply hit Ctrl+D. See if you are able to Release a missing drive from there and after releasing, the Remove option should get enabled.

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Barghest

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From: Hanau/Germany

Registered: 2008-01-03

Posts: 563

Re: [solved] Can't get rid of a VirtualBox warning

Open the VirtualBox console and then

File --> Virtual Media Manager  Or you can simply hit Ctrl+D. See if you are able to Release a missing drive from there and after releasing, the Remove option should get enabled.

Using Ctrl+D brings me to the dialogue I referred to and where I can't delete the wrong iso.

@Karol: It's a GuestAddition iso. The installation of VirtualBox is VERY old and this must be an old left over  ;b Deleting it from the xml file solved it. THX

Last edited by Barghest (2011-06-27 14:52:50)

silverzhao

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Registered: 2011-07-05

Posts: 33

Re: [solved] Can't get rid of a VirtualBox warning

You may try to edit ~/.Virtualbox/VirtualBox.xml.

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