Need help installing Virtual box Windows VM's

Question

I am installing virtual box on wife's mac.   I got the instructions here: http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/04/internet-explorer-for-mac-ie7-ie8-ie-9-free/
I did it previously and it all worked well. Recently the windows session license expired so I reinstalled that portion and it worked for about a week.  Then the Virtual box program just stopped working.   So I uninstalled the virtual box and am attempting to reinstall all components.
First step is install Virtual box from here:  https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads   This went ok andvirtual box runs but there are no VM's.
There is then a script to install the windows VM's.  It is failing.
Script is accessed by copyinf this command into terminal:
curl -s https://raw.github.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | bash
This is the error I get.   It seems there is a file that already exists but I'm stumped as to what to do.
Last login: Fri Mar 28 09:06:48 on ttys000 ROSANNEs-MacBook-Air:~ rosannemcginn$ curl -s https://raw.github.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | bash Checking for VirtualBox Checking for Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
Pack no. 0:   Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
Building IE6 VM
Checking for existing OVA at /Users/rosannemcginn/.ievms/IE6 - WinXP.ova Checking for existing IE6 - WinXP VM Creating IE6 - WinXP VM (disk: /Users/rosannemcginn/.ievms/IE6 - WinXP-disk1.vmdk) 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Interpreting /Users/rosannemcginn/.ievms/IE6 - WinXP.ova...
OK.
Disks:  vmdisk1   136260878336      -1      http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/vmdk.html#streamOptimized     IE6 - WinXP-disk1.vmdk  -1    -1   
Virtual system 0:
0: Suggested OS type: "WindowsXP"
    (change with "--vsys 0 --ostype <type>"; use "list ostypes" to list all possible values)
1: VM name specified with --vmname: "IE6 - WinXP"
2: Number of CPUs: 2
    (change with "--vsys 0 --cpus <n>")
3: Guest memory: 512 MB
    (change with "--vsys 0 --memory <MB>")
4: Sound card (appliance expects "", can change on import)
    (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 4 --ignore")
5: USB controller
    (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 5 --ignore")
6: Network adapter: orig NAT, config 2, extra slot=0;type=NAT
7: CD-ROM
    (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 7 --ignore")
8: IDE controller, type PIIX4
    (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 8 --ignore")
9: IDE controller, type PIIX4
    (disable with "--vsys 0 --unit 9 --ignore")
10: Hard disk image: source image=IE6 - WinXP-disk1.vmdk, target path=/Users/rosannemcginn/.ievms/IE6 - WinXP-disk1.vmdk, controller=8;channel=0 0%...
Progress state: VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR
VBoxManage: error: Appliance import failed
VBoxManage: error: Could not create the clone medium '/Users/rosannemcginn/.ievms/IE6 - WinXP-disk1.vmdk'.
VBoxManage: error: VMDK: could not create new file '/Users/rosannemcginn/.ievms/IE6 - WinXP-disk1.vmdk' (VERR_ALREADY_EXISTS)
VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80bb0004), component Appliance, interface IAppliance
VBoxManage: error: Context: "int handleImportAppliance(HandlerArg*)" at line 779 of file VBoxManageAppliance.cpp ROSANNEs-MacBook-Air:~ rosannemcginn$

Answer 1

Here is how I install mine, for numbers I will assume you have a 100GB HDD and 2GB of RAM:
Boot from Win7 DVD and create two partitions, then install Windows7 on one of them. During the install Windows will create a 3rd partition to boot from. You will now have:
sda1 - 100MB - Windows Boot - boot flag
sda2 - 50GB - Windows 7 - no flags
sda3 - 50GB - Unpartitioned Space - no flags
Next boot into Arch and choose to manually partition the drives using cfdisk, using the unfinished space create 3 logical partitions of the sizes 100MB, 2GB, and 50GB. Mark the 100MB one you just created with a boot flag and unmark the 100MB one Windows created.
Now you should have:
sda1 - 100MB - Windows Boot - no flags
sda2 - 50GB - Windows 7 - no flags
sda3 - 50GB - Unpartitioned Space - no flags
sda5 - 100MB - Linux Boot - boot flag
sda6 - 2GB - Linux Swap - no flags
sda7 - 50GB - Arch - no flags
Click OK/Confirm/Write and then continue to the next step - File Systems and Mountpoints.
Here you need to set the FS for sda5,6,7 and make sure not to touch sda1,2. Choose ext2 for sda5, swap for sda6, and ext3 for sda7. You will also be asked for mountpoints. Pick "/boot" for sda5 and "/" for sda7. Click OK/Confirm/Write and then continue to install Arch like normal, when you get to installing the bootloader make sure to install it on /dev/sda and uncomment the Windows part of the grub/menu.lst file.
Reboot the system and you are done