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1869	Unable to create .vmdk file for USB disk on windows host	WIlliam_Fraser		I'm running on Windows XP host (service pack 2) with VirtualBox 1.6.2\r\n\r\nAccording to Windows disk management my hard drives are PhysicalDrives 0 and 1, I've got 2 card readers mounted at 2 and 3, and my USB drive is mounted at PhysicalDrive4\r\n\r\nI've tried to create a vmdk file of my USB disk so that I can boot from it. Using the command \r\n{{{\r\nVBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename D:\\disks\\USB.vmdk -rawdisk \\\\.\\PhysicalDrive0\r\n}}}\r\n (or 1) at the command line works with the message:\r\n\r\n{{{\r\nRAW host disk access VMDK file D:\\disks\\USB.vmdk created successfully.\r\n}}}\r\nAnd the file USB.vmdk has been created.\r\n\r\nIf I try the same for a non-existsnt drive for example \r\n{{{\r\nVBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename D:\\disks\\USB.vmdk -rawdisk \\\\.\\PhysicalDrive2\r\n}}}\r\n I get the following error message:\r\n{{{\r\nError while creating the raw disk VMDK: VERR_INVALID_PARAMETER\r\n}}}\r\n ... So much so good.\r\n\r\nHowever when I try to do the same with my USB disk with the command \r\n{{{\r\nVBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename D:\\disks\\USB.vmdk -rawdisk \\\\.\\PhysicalDrive4\r\n}}}\r\n I get no error messages at all but don't get a sucess message either, just the standard text:\r\n\r\n{{{\r\nVirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 1.6.2\r\n(C) 2005-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.\r\nAll rights reserved.\r\n}}}\r\n\r\nThe file USB.vmdk is not created\r\n\r\nI've looked through the forum and I've noted that someone's noted this problem before with no answers as to how to fix the problem, and I can't find any tickets submitted for this problem. I'm assuming it's a bug and not something I'm doing wrong that I can't find documented anywhere.	defect	closed	minor	virtual disk	VirtualBox 1.6.2	fixed	usb rawdisk		other	Windows