How to fix VirtualBox "Failed to open a session for the virtual machine" error (IMAGE_READ_ONLY)

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Published 2018-01-31

Displayed error messages:
- VERR_VD_IMAGE_READ_ONLY
- AHCI: Failed to attach drive to port0

Solution:
- Run VirtualBox as Administrator

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All Comments (21)

@dzyassine7939 6 years ago

can you help me my probleme is: The virtual machine '007' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1). More details may be available in 'C:\Users\mypc\VirtualBox VMs\007\Logs\VBoxHardening.log'.
@siddharthtyagi1254 2 years ago

Hey I am getting the same error for hortonwork sandbox hdp 3.0 and I tried your steps but it's not working
@zeallavacube6357 5 years ago

wow first time a tutorial works from first time
@rithvikb7980 3 years ago

who are those people who disliked this It worked for me
@paulbrown5839 3 years ago

I had a similar error, but different error message. I found shutting down VirtualBox and restarting it, enabled me to start the lubuntu VM
@DrewNorman 4 years ago

I am having this issue on OSX Catalina Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Ubuntu. The virtual machine 'Ubuntu' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1).
@AlanD20 6 years ago

Keep up these videos dude :) i love your channel just because you upload fixing every type of errors <3 love you and keep up
@hemanthkotagiri8865 5 years ago

Do you use an SSD? Your PC is just so quick. or is it so that you've disabled the animations?
@carbo0n6381 4 years ago

For a second it showed the black screen but then it just popped up 😒
@heinzpilot 4 years ago

Didn't fix anything. Hyper-V is still holding on in the background.
@profoxster9254 3 years ago

what about mac? Do u have a fix for it?
@mrlongbk 3 years ago

Thanks a ton, man! you saved my day
@TomatoPizzaBoi 2 years ago

for gods sake for me it doesnt even try it only shows a error saying "Failed to Acquire the VirtualBox COM object" nobody makes a video about my error
@mohammadjalaluddin1641 3 years ago

Thanks so much, your video saved me a lot of work!
@jennyshah2290 3 years ago

I have installed it and set up shared folder also but every time i try mounting it failed help plz
@roox7908 2 years ago

It still says error, how can I fix it?!
@AbdulBasit-ib6by 5 years ago

I try this as you directed, but not fix my issue. What can I do that ?
@gajendrathapa3731 6 years ago

Did not work in my case. I tried all the solution from youtube but None worked
@MAAZKHAN-gm4hc 3 years ago

it did not work....still showing the same error,,,
@snehasurpuriya9088 5 years ago

Hi..I am getting error VERR_MAIN_CONFIG_ CONSTRUCTOR_COM_ERROR in virtual box. component: consolewrap. Can you please help?