Windows 2000 stuck on "Starting up..."

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ljcool2006
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Windows 2000 stuck on "Starting up..."

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This occurs during installation. I tried the command but it seems to have no effect. I am using an earlier version of VirtualBox (6.0.8).
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Re: Windows 2000 stuck on "Starting up..."

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ljcool2006 wrote:I tried the command
What command?

Is your install source reliable?

Please post a small screenshot of the "Starting Up..." using the forum's Upload Attachment tab.
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Re: Windows 2000 stuck on "Starting up..."

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scottgus1 wrote:
ljcool2006 wrote:I tried the command
What command?

Is your install source reliable?

Please post a small screenshot of the "Starting Up..." using the forum's Upload Attachment tab.
The command I tried was the one on the manual: virtualbox(dot)org/manual/ch12.html#idm11271

I got the ISO from WinWorld.
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Re: Windows 2000 stuck on "Starting up..."

Post by BillG »

That is the normal boot screen of Windows 2000. As it boots, you should see a series of blue dots in the box to show how far the boot has progressed. If it just sits there, the system is not booting.

How far did you get? This screen appears several times during installation. Did you get to the system config stage, or is this before you get the option to create an account?

Windows advanced server should run fine under VirtualBox.
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Re: Windows 2000 stuck on "Starting up..."

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BillG wrote:That is the normal boot screen of Windows 2000. As it boots, you should see a series of blue dots in the box to show how far the boot has progressed. If it just sits there, the system is not booting.

How far did you get? This screen appears several times during installation. Did you get to the system config stage, or is this before you get the option to create an account?

Windows advanced server should run fine under VirtualBox.
NTBoot.PNG
Win2k.PNG
It just sits there, with no blue dots whatsoever.

This was before I get the option to create an account. It was the first restart.
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Re: Windows 2000 stuck on "Starting up..."

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ljcool2006 wrote:The command I tried was the one on the manual: virtualbox(dot)org/manual/ch12.html#idm11271
That link takes me to the start of the section. What is the actual command you used, please? Not a link, the actual text you typed or pasted.
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Re: Windows 2000 stuck on "Starting up..."

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scottgus1 wrote:
ljcool2006 wrote:The command I tried was the one on the manual: virtualbox(dot)org/manual/ch12.html#idm11271
That link takes me to the start of the section. What is the actual command you used, please? Not a link, the actual text you typed or pasted.
This was the command I tried:

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VBoxManage setextradata VM-name "VBoxInternal/Devices/piix3ide/0/Config/IRQDelay" 1
Note that "VM-name" needs to be replaced with the name of the virtual machine if you want to test the command.
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Re: Windows 2000 stuck on "Starting up..."

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Ok, I found the place in the manual where the command you posted is discussed. Some things I noticed:
the manual wrote:When installing Windows 2000 guests, you might run into one of the following issues:
• Installation reboots, usually during component registration.
• Installation fills the whole hard disk with empty log files.
• Installation complains about a failure installing msgina.dll.
What is conspicuously missing from this list is:
ljcool2006 wrote:Windows 2000 stuck on "Starting up..."
How did you decide that this command would help?
the manual wrote:In case this does not help, increase it to a value between
1 and 5 milliseconds
Did you try this too?

I have installed Windows 2000 before, and I just installed 2000 Advanced Server from Winworld, up to the CD key page (and I don't have one so I can't go further). Both without the command. BillG shows his W2000 Advanced Server running. Are you sure your ISO is good? My SHA512 hash, made from the zipped 7z from the Julian Kansas City link is:
95fdc36e2b47f4d6e6ff4f86bce67264bc3c460ba783bedf12a285245e601b678b73b49e3d1ffc6f67dc2752c0e6cb1091d5f0ad26cf259ad595363bf8302561, matching Winworld's hash.
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Re: Windows 2000 stuck on "Starting up..."

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scottgus1 wrote:Ok, I found the place in the manual where the command you posted is discussed. Some things I noticed:
the manual wrote:When installing Windows 2000 guests, you might run into one of the following issues:
• Installation reboots, usually during component registration.
• Installation fills the whole hard disk with empty log files.
• Installation complains about a failure installing msgina.dll.
What is conspicuously missing from this list is:
ljcool2006 wrote:Windows 2000 stuck on "Starting up..."
How did you decide that this command would help?
the manual wrote:In case this does not help, increase it to a value between
1 and 5 milliseconds
Did you try this too?

I have installed Windows 2000 before, and I just installed 2000 Advanced Server from Winworld, up to the CD key page (and I don't have one so I can't go further). Both without the command. BillG shows his W2000 Advanced Server running. Are you sure your ISO is good? My SHA512 hash, made from the zipped 7z from the Julian Kansas City link is:
95fdc36e2b47f4d6e6ff4f86bce67264bc3c460ba783bedf12a285245e601b678b73b49e3d1ffc6f67dc2752c0e6cb1091d5f0ad26cf259ad595363bf8302561, matching Winworld's hash.
I found the command on a topic in this forum.

I tried increasing it to a value between 1 and 5, once again it has no effect.

My hash is the same as yours.
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Re: Windows 2000 stuck on "Starting up..."

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There are more suggestions in that forum link, besides the "IRQDelay" command. Log lines to hunt, AV to check. Aside from suggesting to read and report thoroughly, I don't have any other ideas.
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Re: Windows 2000 stuck on "Starting up..."

Post by BillG »

How are installing this vm? Are you creating a vm from VirtualBox Manager, attaching the ISO to the optical drive then starting the vm? Are you removing the ISO from the optical drive before you reboot? Your first post was short on detail (to put it mildly).
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Re: Windows 2000 stuck on "Starting up..."

Post by Kurt_Aust »

Do you have Avast anti-virus installed on the host? If so you'll have to uninstall (not just disable) it in order to install or run Windows 2000 in VirtualBox.

This only seems to affect Windows 2000 and no, I have no idea why Avast AV doesn't affect other guest operating systems.
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Re: Windows 2000 stuck on "Starting up..."

Post by ljcool2006 »

BillG wrote:How are installing this vm? Are you creating a vm from VirtualBox Manager, attaching the ISO to the optical drive then starting the vm? Are you removing the ISO from the optical drive before you reboot? Your first post was short on detail (to put it mildly).
To the former, yes. I will remove the ISO when the setup is finished.
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Re: Windows 2000 stuck on "Starting up..."

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Kurt_Aust wrote:Do you have Avast anti-virus installed on the host? If so you'll have to uninstall (not just disable) it in order to install or run Windows 2000 in VirtualBox.

This only seems to affect Windows 2000 and no, I have no idea why Avast AV doesn't affect other guest operating systems.
I don't have Avast installed.
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Re: Windows 2000 stuck on "Starting up..."

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I notice that I have AVG installed. Does that affect it?
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