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The Sandbox Preparation Unsuccessful screen appears when the tool is unable to fix issues during preparation.
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Sandbox Preparation Unsuccessful screen for Windows if BitLocker is enabled
This can occur if BitLocker is enabled on your drives. To fix the issue, perform the following steps:
Important
Important
Decryption and disabling of BitLocker is a resource intensive process which might take some time to complete depending on the size of the target drive.

Procedure

  1. Open VirtualBox and run the virtual machine.
  2. Disable BitLocker on all drives.
    For details on how to disable BitLocker, please refer to the Microsoft documentation for manage-bde.
  3. Go back to the tool and click View detailed log.
  4. Perform any recommended actions in the log.
  5. Click Retry.
    If any issues persist or continue to be unresolved, see Troubleshooting Common Issues.
    Note
    Note
    SandboxWizard.exe saves logs in the \log folder where you run the tool. Logs use the following naming convention: d:\SandboxWizard\log\VATool-yyyymmddhhmmss.txt
    For example: d:\SandboxWizard\log\VATool-20170925025520.txt