Installing Win7 on Virtualbox: "Select the driver to be installed" What?
I ran into this problem today, you probably already solved your problem, but I'm just adding my experience as it may help somebody else.
(Keep in mind, I used a physical install CD and not an ISO file or any RAR file)
- Open your VM settings
- Go to Storage
- Select the CD-ROM drive
- Check Passthrough
- Boot the VM with the Windows
Um, it might be a long shot, but it worked for me.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr host OS VirtualBox 4.3.10Ubuntu r93012 Windows 7 Home Premium guest
I had the same problem. I first burned the .iso file to a DVD and set up passthrough access to the CD/DVD drive on my Toshiba Satellite C660 laptop. (But you probably don't need to do this. The Windows 7 folder for the VM was created, and the Windows 7 installer started okay. But just after I click Started Setup, a dialogue asks "Where do you want to install Windows?, and displays the virtual VDI volume.
After I clicked Next, a dialogue asked me to select drivers, but the list was blank. When I chose either the DVD .iso or the virtual VDI drive, and alert advised that no drivers were found.
The answer is to change the permissions of /home/<~my-home>/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 7/ and its subsidiary files and folders to Read/Write for owner and group (or even for everybody if it's your own computer). The installer hummed along doing its thing happily.
to solve this problem that i really had the same and i tried alot to solve it... the good answer is to download an iso of windows (your ideal) then go to virtual box setting>storage> there is a plus + sign click on it and choose your downloaded iso . thats it have fun