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VirtualBox Fatal: no bootable medium found! System Halted

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Mar 15, 2026129688 views
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Problem

I just downloaded and tried to add new virtual machine, but it gives me an error. I couldn't find the solution. it seems that VM can not find the OS. I don't know how to resolve. Error is: I have Vista and latest version of Sun VirtualBox.

Error Output

FATAL: No bootable medium found! System Halted.

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Fix for: VirtualBox Fatal: no bootable medium found! System Halted

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This is now working fine. The virtual machine should point to the image of the OS. This can be done by following steps: In the Virtual Machine window (where this error is appearing), go to "Devices" tab --> CD/DVD Devices --> More CD/DVD images --> …

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