Any VirtualBox gurus in the house?

[TJSwoboda]

I'm trying to run a VHD file (clocking in at a slim 121 GB) of my old XP system in VirtualBox. The host system is an AMD 8350 eight core on an ASUS M5A99X motherboard, with 16 gigs of RAM. As you can see below, I'm dedicating four processor cores and plenty of RAM to the VM, but every time I start it the XP logo briefly displays as it boots, then the VM blue screens and resets.

My old host system would choke on this VHD file and crash. I don't have this problem now, but something about the VM isn't working. Any ideas as to what I should be doing differently?

 

[pho_phizzat]

What happens if you use just 2 cores?


I don't know anything about Virtualbox but I do use VMware everyday.

 

[TJSwoboda]

I didn't even get to the XP boot logo with two cores. :/ What VM software do you use?

 

[rancid]

+1 for being another vmware advocate.

 

[TJSwoboda]

Ah, VMWare is the actual name of the program, got it... I'll check it out.

 

[Machdup1]

Ah, VMWare is the actual name of the program, got it... I'll check it out.

Try VMware workstation if you are just playing around.

 

[offroadkarter]

When I used to use VirtualBox in college I tried running it off my laptop and it wouldn't run because that wasn't powerful enough (or that was my guess anyways) . Although in your situation I fail to see how that is the case.

edit: I see you said the VM bluescreens, not the host computer. Whoops! Chalk that up to me just waking up from a nap 5 minutes ago.

Can you post a screenshot of the bluescreen message so we can see what error codes its throwing?

My desktop is windows 7 with a AMD 6 core processor and 16 gigs of ram. here is how I have my windows 2008 R2 server configured




Have you tried the obvious of hitting up google for results on similar problems?

What does it default to if you make a new VM, and have you tried the default settings?

 

[bglf83]

Change the VHD connection from SATA to PATA.

 

[bglf83]

Under storage

 

[TJSwoboda]

I don't see an option for PATA under storage, only: IDE, SATA, SCSI, SAS, or floppy. Haven't had any luck on Google searches/existing threads on VM forums.

Can you post a screenshot of the bluescreen message so we can see what error codes its throwing?

It comes up for only a split second, and this is the best I could get:

 

[wallie40]

I would assume that your old XP instance is a 32bit version? You are going to have to find a a storage device that works for you.

To make it work, open your VirtualBox, and in the settings check if the VHD was attached as SATA or SCSI. If yes, remove this controller (SATA or SCSI) and attach the VHD to an IDE Controller. Make sure the hard disk is the IDE Primary Slave.

See if that helps.

-Paul

 

[wallie40]

Also if the old system was built using a raid controller you will have to delete all of the controllers in VB and just add a plain IDE as suggested above.

 

[TJSwoboda]

First, thanks all! My XP was 32 bit, with no RAID configuration. It appears that I'm using IDE in the VM...

 

[offroadkarter]

07B is "Inaccessible boot device"

Take a look at this thread, this might have some insight to your problem

https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=49954

 

[TJSwoboda]

There we go, I may be getting somewhere... Now I just have to digest everything in that thread. Thanks!

 

[TJSwoboda]

Ack, just call it a double post...