Index: /trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Storage/DevATA.cpp
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--- /trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Storage/DevATA.cpp	(revision 17311)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Storage/DevATA.cpp	(revision 17312)
@@ -6098,5 +6098,5 @@
     char szType[20];
 
-    int rc = CFGMR3QueryString(pCfgHandle, "Type", &szType[0], sizeof(szType));
+    int rc = CFGMR3QueryStringDef(pCfgHandle, "Type", &szType[0], sizeof(szType), "PIIX4");
     if (RT_FAILURE(rc))
         return PDMDevHlpVMSetError(pDevIns, rc, RT_SRC_POS,