When you try to run a guest operating system on your original system, using the VirtualBox software, you may encounter the “e_Invalidarg code failure (0x80070057)” error. For this, in this tutorial I will show you 8 solutions that will help you to be able to eliminate error 0x80070057 on your computer.
What is VirtualBox?
Before knowing why this error is generated, you must know the program where it occurs. This program is a free virtualization tool for “x86 and x86-64 hardware” which allows users to run multiple guest operating systems on a single host computer. You can create and run multiple virtual machines, such as Windows, Linux, MacOS on Apple, Solaris or other hardware, for free.
What is the code e_invalidarg (0x80070057)?
When you try to run a virtual machine on “VirtualBox” In Windows operating system, you get an error message that the device result code could not be imported: “e_invalidarg (0x80070057)” on your screen, which occurs when this operating system has a problem accessing the drive of and run the virtual machine you installed.
Therefore, your virtual machine cannot be accessed and imported into VirtualBox, causing the issue. Therefore, you must correctly allocate storageAdditionally, the disk you use for this purpose must be in good condition to avoid the error message while importing the device result code in the first step.
Causes of this Error 0x80070057
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Many users who tried to create virtual machines on “VirtualBox 6.1” on Windows 10 they reported the code: error e_invalidarg (0x80070057). This occurs when there is not adequate allocation of RAM and storage for the virtual machine and when your “VirtualBox” cannot import the virtual machine you are trying to run.
On the other hand, when “Hyper-V” is enabled and “Windows Hypervisor Platform” is also, you may receive this error message because the host computer you are trying to run the program on must support hardware virtualization. Therefore, you must delete the file “VM” and install it manually to fix the error in question.
Before fixing the error
There are certain things you should make sure you have done before trying the solutions I have provided for the e_invalidarg (0x80070057) error. Therefore, follow the process that I indicate below and make sure that your configuration is like this to avoid the error in VirtualBox.
- . Go to the start menu and look for Windows features.
- Step 2. Click the virtual machine error checker.
- Step 3. You must disable “Hyper-V” keeping the box blank if you are running Windows 10 operating system.
- Step 4. Now enable the virtual machine platform by checking the box.
- Step 5. Then, enable the platform “Windows hypervisor” checking the box and disable “Windows Sandbox”.
- Step 6. Now select “Accept” to save the settings.
- Step 7. After that, right-click on the Windows start menu and select “Windows PowerShell” (administrator).
- Step 8. Then enter the following command: “bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off” (without the quotes).
- Step 9. Now restart your PC and start VirtualBox.
After you have done all this procedure, try run your VM and see if you get the error message that (could not import device result code: e_invalidarg (0x80070057). If yes, just follow the below methods to fix it.
How to fix error code 0x80070057
If the error still persists, there are a variety of methods you can apply to fix it. In this case, here you will see a list with 8 reliable methods that you can do and in question.
Method 1. Use the file manager
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For that, indicated below.
- Step 1. Close “VirtualBox” and go to file manager.
- Step 2. Then go to “Unit C”in “Users” and select the one that is currently connected.
- Step 3. Now go to the file “VirtualBox VMS”.
- Step 4. Then you must delete the folder “VM” that you are trying to run in VirtualBox.
- Step 5. Now download the file “vbox” of the operating system for your “VirtualBox”.
- Step 6. Extract the folder that has the extension “.ova” (You can use “7zip” for this). You will see a file with an extension “.vmdk” inside that you will have to use later.
- Step 7. Then open “VirtualBox”.
- Step 8. Click on the machine menu from the top and select “new”.
- Step 9. Then give your virtual machine a name and leave the machine folder as is.
- Step 10. Next, select the type and version of your operating system and click “following”.
- Step 11. Now increase the RAM to “4096MB”.
- Step 12. Then click “use existing virtual hard disk file” and select “add”.
- Step 13. Locate the file “.vmdk” that you extracted.
- Step 14. Now click the button “Choose” and select “create”.
After you have carried out the steps I just mentioned, try to run your VM and it should do so without the e_Invalidarg (0x80070057) error appearing.
Method 2. Get enough disk storage space
As I mentioned earlier in the beginning, if you do not have enough storage space on your disk, you may get this error when performing operations on your PC running VirtualBox. In fact, problems like “error 0x80300024” and “runtime error” also occur due to lack of free disk space.
To be able to achieve this on your unit, you can use the program “MiniTool Partition Wizard” which thanks to the functions of resizing, moving partition and expanding the partition allow you to get more space for your disk. Of course, you can also find what’s taking up your space with “Space Analyzer” offered by this program and then delete the corresponding items.
For this process, you only need MiniTool Partition Wizard free edition, but if you want to recover missing data or lost partition, you should choose “Pro Ultimate Edition” instead.
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Steps to resize and move partition
Before you start resizing or moving your partition, you should check its location on the hard drive. The first thing you should do before carrying out this process is to make sure that there is free or unallocated space next to the one you are going to resize and if there is not one, use the partition extension function instead.
- Step 1. Right click on the partition to extend it and choose the function “Move/Resize” in the pop-up menu.
- Step 2. In the next window, move the button to resize your partition. Alternatively, you can also enter the exact number behind the partition size to change it. After that click “Accept” to save the change.
Note: you must move the button to the right. If it moves to the left, it will reduce the size of your partition.
- Step 3. After returning to the main interface, you will see the size and layout of the destination partition. However, it will not take effect until you click “Apply” to perform the operation.
Steps to extend partition
Both moving, resizing and extending the partition can make the current one larger. However, I suggest you extend the partition in the following 2 cases.
- Extend a partition to non-contiguous free or unallocated space.
- There is no unallocated or free space on the hard drive.
So, if you want to perform this procedure for any of these reasons, do the following.
- Step 1. right click on the destination partition and then select the function “Extend” in the elevated menu.
- Step 2. Open the dropdown menu behind “Take free space from” to choose a partition or unallocated space that you can use. You can then move the slider left or right to determine the volume of space you would like to take from the destination partition or unallocated space.
- Step 3. After that click “Accept” and then in “Apply” on the main interface to execute the operation.
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Method 3. Change the file system of your disk
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Incorrect file system of the drive can also cause error 0x80070057. Therefore, one of the solutions for this is to change the file system of your disk, which you can do during the partition formatting process, but you may suffer data loss due to this operation.
If you use MiniTool Partition Wizard (for example), you can convert “FAT32” to “NTFS” without losing data. For that you can follow the steps below after downloading and installing this tool.
- Step 1. Right click on the partition where you want to change the file system and choose the option “Convert FAT to NTFS”.
- Step 2. In the next window, click the button “Start”. Then the program will start converting the file system automatically.
Method 4. Check and modify both the time and date
Incorrect combination of date and time will sometimes result in error 0x80070057. Although this possibility is small, you’d better try to check the time and data on your computer.
For example, the motherboard battery used to keep the BIOS running is low on power or cannot function properlywhich can cause both the computer’s date and time to reset to their default values every time you turn off the PC.
Also, there is no doubt that the default time is a value that does not match the current datetime format and this will cause problems such as the result code: e_invalidarg (0x80070057).
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Method 5. Search for hidden viruses
If there is any virus or malware on your PC, it may also generate error code 0x80070057, so you should run an antivirus program on your computer. If you have one installed, simply run it to scan for viruses and other malicious software on your device, otherwise download one to perform this procedure.
Method 6. Find and repair the damaged drive
When the drive gets corrupted or damaged, you will also encounter various problems such as “mistake 0x80070017, “xlive.dll missing error”, “SFC Scannow could not fix the error” and also the code 0x80070057, etc.
Therefore, you need to check the status of your hard drive. You can do this with the program I mentioned above (MiniTool Partition Wizard) or any other similar program, with which you can search for bad sectors, and if it finds any, you can solve it.
Also, if your hard drive cannot work fully, you can consider replacing it with a new one.
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