Fix: VirtualBox Fatal No Bootable Medium Found Error

Windows Virtualization
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Originally published at: Fix: VirtualBox Fatal No Bootable Medium Found Error

Several users have been getting the ‘FATAL: No bootable medium found! System Halted.‘ when trying to launch a new virtual machine in Virtualbox. This issue is not exclusive to Windows, as it’s also encountered on Linux and even on Mac computers. FATAL: No bootable medium found! System Halted. What is causing the “FATAL: No bootable…

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Thank you

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I’m using Windows XP Home Edition SP1 ISO file, I don’t know what old VirtualBox version I am looking for. Maybe bootable USB version of Windows XP?

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Which ISO file are you downloading? and from where?

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still doesn’t work

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Thanks Kevin, Its been 2 days of trying to work out a resolution to this issue. Mine happen when I upgraded to Oracle VM Virtual Box Manager v 6.1 and powered off the VM. Your steps helped resolve this, after 2 days of me searching and trying.

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It means that the ISO you are trying to use doesn’t have any OS I suggest you download a fresh copy of the OS that you are trying to run and then try again.

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Thanks a lot for your fix, you save me!!! :-)))
Very good job!