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    Windows 7 Installation crashes in Virtualbox [SOLVED]

    I am trying to install Windows 7 (64bit) as a client in Virtualbox 3.2.6 running on Kubuntu 10.04 LTS (64bit), but the installation keeps crashing right in the beginning. I got the errors and switched to running Host I/O cache but that didn't help. The error screen I get in Windows is attached. Any help will be much appreciated.
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    Re: Windows 7 Installation crashes in Virtualbox

    How much ram do you have? Win7 will eat a lot of it.

    I have 7 64bit Ultimate in vbox, but I have quad core and 8gb's ram.

    Settings to check:
    1 gb RAM minimum
    Enable IO APIC
    Disable EFI
    Enable PAE/NX
    Enable VT-x/AMD-V
    Enable Nested Paging

    This allows it to run on my system but just barely.

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      Re: Windows 7 Installation crashes in Virtualbox

      Win 7 Pro 64-bit would not install on 64-bit VMware Player, on my 64-bit Linux box (Kubuntu and sidux). I don't remember the exact error, but it looked like "wrong architecture" kind of problem.

      Win 7 Pro 32-bit had no problem installing on the same VMware Player. So, there's some issue with the 64-bit Windows OS detecting a 64-bit VM environment.

      I allocated the Win 7 VM 2G of my 4G of memory, which is more than it allegedly required, and it runs fine. Kinda boggy loading up, of course -- that's the Windows way.
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        Re: Windows 7 Installation crashes in Virtualbox

        I have 2 GB dedicated to the VM. I set the options you suggested and it seems to be working! Thanks.

        Originally posted by oshunluvr
        How much ram do you have? Win7 will eat a lot of it.

        I have 7 64bit Ultimate in vbox, but I have quad core and 8gb's ram.

        Settings to check:
        1 gb RAM minimum
        Enable IO APIC
        Disable EFI
        Enable PAE/NX
        Enable VT-x/AMD-V
        Enable Nested Paging

        This allows it to run on my system but just barely.
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          Re: Windows 7 Installation crashes in Virtualbox

          Glad we got it!

          Would you mind editing your first post and changing the title to show "Solved" so others know there's an answer here? Thanks!

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            Re: Windows 7 Installation crashes in Virtualbox

            I never install Win7 or Vista in VirtualBox. XP is ok, and so are Linux OSs.
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