Cant install Home Assistant via Virtualbox

Installation
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Failed to open the disk image file C:\Users\Cois\VirtualBox VMs\hassos_ova-5.9.vdi .

Could not get the storage format of the medium ‘C:\Users\Cois\VirtualBox VMs\hassos_ova-5.9.vdi’ (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED).

Result Code: VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80BB0005)
Component: MediumWrap
Interface: IMedium {ad47ad09-787b-44ab-b343-a082a3f2dfb1}
Callee: IVirtualBox {d0a0163f-e254-4e5b-a1f2-011cf991c38d}
Callee RC: VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80BB0001)

Failed to open the disk image file C:\Users\Cois\Downloads\hassos_ova-5.9.vmdk .

Could not get the storage format of the medium ‘C:\Users\Cois\Downloads\hassos_ova-5.9.vmdk’ (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED).

Result Code: VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80BB0005)
Component: MediumWrap
Interface: IMedium {ad47ad09-787b-44ab-b343-a082a3f2dfb1}
Callee: IVirtualBox {d0a0163f-e254-4e5b-a1f2-011cf991c38d}
Callee RC: VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80BB0001)
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Same issue here…

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Hi Francois, I figured it out. You have to use a tool like winzip or 7zip and extract the downloaded file. :slight_smile:

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same issue did you get it fixed?