id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc,guest,host 10596,cannot import the vdi from the old installation,drookie,,"Cannot import the VDI image from the old installation. I'm even fully recreating the VM: VBoxManage createvm --name samtm --ostype Windows2008_64 --register VBoxManage modifyvm samtm --vrde on --bridgeadapter1 em0 --nictype1 82540EM --vram 32 --memory 1024 --audio none --nic1 bridged --acpi on VBoxManage storagectl samtm --name IDE0 --add sata --controller IntelAHCI VBoxManage storageattach samtm --storagectl IDE0 --port 0 --device 0 --type hdd --medium /home/emz/.VirtualBox/disks/sam-tm.vdi Log says: VirtualBox (XP)COM Server 4.1.16_OSE r78094 freebsd.amd64 (May 24 2012 12:11:59) release log 00:00:00.000 main Log opened 2012-05-24T08:45:56.272448000Z 00:00:00.001 main OS Product: FreeBSD 00:00:00.001 main OS Release: 8.3-PRERELEASE 00:00:00.001 main OS Version: FreeBSD 8.3-PRERELEASE #0: Thu Apr 5 14:16:48 MSK 2012 emz@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ SAMARA 00:00:00.001 main OS Service Pack: FreeBSD 8.3-PRERELEASE #0: Thu Apr 5 14:16:48 MSK 2012 emz@:/usr/obj/usr/src /sys/SAMARA 00:00:00.001 main Executable: /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxSVC 00:00:00.001 main Process ID: 49347 00:00:00.001 main Package type: BSD_64BITS_GENERIC (OSE) 00:00:01.105 nspr-2 VDInit finished 00:00:02.852 nspr-3 ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80bb0001) aIID={5eaa9319-62fc-4b0a-843c-0cb1940f8a91} aComponent={SessionMachine} aText={No storage device attached to device slot 0 on port 0 of controller 'IDE0'}, preserve =false 00:00:02.853 nspr-2 ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80bb0001) aIID={c28be65f-1a8f-43b4-81f1-eb60cb516e66} aComponent={VirtualBox} aText={Could not find an open hard disk with location '/home/emz/.VirtualBox/disks/sam-tm.vdi'}, preserve=false 00:00:02.853 nspr-3 ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80bb0001) aIID={5eaa9319-62fc-4b0a-843c-0cb1940f8a91} aComponent={SessionMachine} aText={No storage device attached to device slot 0 on port 0 of controller 'IDE0'}, preserve =false I tried to clone the VDI. doesn't help either.",defect,closed,VMM,VirtualBox 4.1.16,worksforme,,,other,other