Hello!
I need your help.
I’m using Linux openSUSE Leap 15.6.
Last night, I was working on a virtual machine when the power suddenly went out. After this unexpected shutdown, I can no longer start my Windows 10 virtual machine in VirtualBox 7.0. It contains very important files.
Based on the screenshot, it seems that the Windows10.vdi file is either missing or corrupted.
Has anyone encountered a similar issue and knows how to recover the virtual machine or at least retrieve data from it?
Unfortunately, I didn’t make any backups and never thought something like this could happen…
I would be extremely grateful for any advice or help!
There are quite a lot hits
https://www.google.com/search?q=virtualbox+verr_file_not_found
Examine the VirtualBox logs for clues about the corruption.
If you have snapshots, restoring to a previous, working snapshot. You did mention “no backup” … but some folks don’t realize snapshots weren’t enabled.
Might create a new VM. Then attach the corrupted VDI as an existing vdisk. Then boot into fresh image, and see if you can copy files from the corrupted disk.
Search for this YouTube title:
How to Open or Recover VirtualBox VDI Disk Files to Copy Your Files to Another Computer
… it’s from:
OnlineComputerTips
He shows one way “without cost” that might work - also shows a “for money” product for recovery
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Thank you, I will try it.
I tried countless solutions, including rebuilding the virtual machine with the same configurations. The error disappeared, but the VM still wouldn’t start. A window would briefly open and then immediately close.
However, I finally found a way to recover my files using Hetman Partition Recovery. I mounted the virtual disk “windows10.vbox” in the software, scanned it for existing files, and successfully saved them to a USB flash drive. I then immediately made multiple backup copies and uploaded them to cloud storage.
P.S. Always make backups—anyone can end up in a similar situation. Thanks to everyone who responded and tried to help!
For those interested, here’s the article that helped me:
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