On Tuesday 15 Dec 2009 13:41:28 Bob Williams wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Windows Vista VM running in an openSUSE 11.2 linux host. The VM > has my DVD writer mounted, which it sees as drive D: . I am trying to > install Adobe Photoshop Elements from a DVD, but the installation gives up > with Error Invalid Drive E:. But the system 'knows' that there is a PSE > disc in drive D:, as it's just started the installer program from there! > There is no drive E: mapped on the virtual machine, though there is a > drive F: which is a shared folder on the host. > > What's happening? > > Bob > Well, this isn't really a VirtualBox problem, it's more of a Vista problem, but in case someone else has the same problem, this is how I solved it.
Go into Computer Management > Storage > Disk Management. Right click on the drive (in my case, it was the CD/DVD drive) where you'll get an option to change its drive letter. Simple :) Bob -- Registered Linux User #463880 FSFE Member #1300 GPG-FP: A6C1 457C 6DBA B13E 5524 F703 D12A FB79 926B 994E openSUSE 11.2, Kernel 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop, KDE 4.3.3 Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz, 4GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 9200GS _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
