Is this a known issue, is there a workaround to this problem as it seems to be quite a common issue if you read the VirtualBox or other virtualisation software forums on the Internet. From what I have read the installation routine was changed with later releases with regards to the NX feature. I had previously successfully installed the Windows 8 Preview with Apps but that timed out long ago. Issue but is either some odd compatibility issue with the specific CPU or system I have or a problem with the installation routine for Windows 8.

I have also tried using Windows own Virtual PC virtualisation software and get the same error at the same point which tells me that it isn't a virtualisation platform I have updated to the latest version of VirtualBox, v4.2.10 r84104 but the issue remains.

I have turned on all the required Virtualisation and NX options in the bios and currently I am able to run Windows 7 圆4 VM's as well as various Linux, Windows XP and PosReady VM's.įrom what I can tell from running Coreinfo on the host OS and within a Windows 7 圆4 VirtualBox VM, the CPU supports all the required features for Windows 8, VT-x, PAE, SSE2, even NX, though the error 5d that I am getting upon startup of the Windows 8 installationĭVD would tend to tell me something different. I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit with an Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 CPU in a Dell Vostro 1710 Laptop. I have been trying to install the release version of Windows 8 32 bit in a Virtual Box VM so I can do some testing of our software on a Windows 8 platform as well as get used to where things are in Windows 8.

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