The "Bootable" legacy ISO you've used is in fact not bootable, it relies on CDROM emulation provided by BIOS. VMs don't usually do this sort of emulation. If you set the guest OS to something like ...

The virtual machine may fail to boot from an ISO because the boot order prioritizes the virtual hard disk over the optical drive, resulting in a “No bootable medium ...

The other day I was using Ventoy to test out some different distros. Initially I was doing it because I had some instability with my main machine that were either tied to recent Windows updates or ...

You’ve downloaded an ISO recovery disc, maybe used it to create a bootable USB key -- but does it work? Finding out can be a hassle as you close down applications ...