Virtualbox - Can't start Windows Server 2008 r2. Loops "Window's Is Loading Files..."

Question

I have a vdi file that is using Windows Server 2008 R2.

Each time I try to start it, I get this message:

http://i.imgur.com/zx5bp.png

It would then display a "Windows is loading files..." page and repeatedly loops the message:

http://i.imgur.com/xsywH.png

My Laptop Specs: Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo T6500 2.10GHz RAM - 4 GB RAM OS - Windows 7 Pro 64 bit

Virtualbox Guest OS: Base Memory - 512 MB Video Memory - 32 MB

Not sure what to do. I pretty much searched through all of Google and can't seem to find an answer or any tutorials related to this issue.

Any information or advice would greatly be appreciated.
Thank you

Answer 1

usually this error is occured when you try to configure your VDI image for any incompatible OS architecture selection.

for eg: VDI file is of Windows 7 32bit, but you are tyring to configure this using a Windows 764bit option.

The best solution to overcome this is to use the "Export Appliance" option from file menu and then, "Import Appliance". Benifit is, the wizard automatically identifies which OS architecture it was originally configured for.