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Virtualbox does not run: NS_ERROR_FAILURE

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here is ubuntu 12.10

virtual-box is somehow not working:

I was trying to install win7 on to an usb-hard-disk.

boinc is switched off and RAM-size is set to 4096 MB (too big ? of possible 8 Gibi )

report of virtual-box is:

the com-object for virtualbox could not be created.



the application is now ended.



Start tag expected, '&lt;' not found.



Location: '/home/$user/.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml', line 1 (0), column 1.



/build/buildd/virtualbox-4.1.18-dfsg/src/VBox/Main/src-server/VirtualBoxImpl.cpp[484] (nsresult VirtualBox::init()).



Fehlercode:NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)

Komponente:VirtualBox

Interface:IVirtualBox {c28be65f-1a8f-43b4-81f1-eb60cb516e66}

comment of me:
why is virtualbox installing xml into folder of $user in .VirtualBox ?
should it not be on usb-harddisk ? (with 500 Gibi )

first installation attempt was breaking off (with win7 in 64Bit)
should I try virtual-box (ubuntu 64Bit) with win7 in 32Bit ?
should I leave RAM-size of virtual-box to default 512 MB ?

thanks for reply

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answered 2 Years ago ippalogu · Accepted Answer

There seems to be nothing wrong with your Virtual Box settings. However the error you see may be related to a previous fail to install Windows leaving unwanted reference to this installation in your Virtual Box settings (that are usually and correctly located in your $HOME).

The issue also may also have come from an installation to a removable drive. Installing the virtual disk .vdi file to an external USB drive is possible but it may lead to unwanted side effects from changed media location or mount points. In addition we then need to make sure the virtualbox user has read and write access to this external drive. Also we obviously should then not access this USB drive from the virtual OS.

To solve the issue you may find a solution in the following question where people recommend reinstalling Virtual Box:

Getting error message when trying to start a virtual machine