Error code: 0x0000260

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Kalallalallalal
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Error code: 0x0000260

Post by Kalallalallalal »

Hello everyone:

I have the latest version 2.1.24 installed on host win8.1 and have been able to install and run different versions of windows on separate machines. For example I have Win7-x64, Win8.1-x64 and WinXP all running on different machines without any problems. Today I tried to install Win7-x86 (32bit) and keep getting Error code:0x0000260
I've tried to change the memory and other settings but nothing worked.

Please let me know if I should provide more information to better describe the problem.

Your help is much appreciated.

Kal
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socratis
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Re: Error code: 0x0000260

Post by socratis »

Follow a "start the VM from cold-boot" / "observe error" / "shutdown the VM" cycle. With the VM shut down completely (not paused or saved), right-click on the VM in the VirtualBox Manager and select "Show Log". Save only the first "VBox.log", ZIP it and attach it to your response (see the "Upload attachment" tab below the reply form).
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Kalallalallalal
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Re: Error code: 0x0000260

Post by Kalallalallalal »

Thanks socratis, please find the log file attached with this post.

Cheers
Kal
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mpack
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Re: Error code: 0x0000260

Post by mpack »

You have allocated 5GB RAM to a 32bit Win7 VM.

Normally, one of the defining features of 32bit Windows is that it can't use more than 4GB RAM.

However in this case you seem to have found a version of Windows which does support >4GB using the PAE processor feature (PAE = Physical Address Extension).

Unfortunately you have PAE disabled in the VM settings. Hence the error.

I didn't think any normal Windows 32bit edition supported >4GB RAM. Is this a server edition?

Personally I think 5GB is over the top for a 32bit Windows VM anyway, even if Windows really supports it (which I don't think it does). I'd reduce the RAM allocation to 3GB, which should eliminate the error, but I'd also enable PAE/NX anyway to get access to the /NX bit. So that double kills the error.
Kalallalallalal
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Re: Error code: 0x0000260

Post by Kalallalallalal »

Thanks mpack, that worked just fine. One thing though, I tired different size of memory from 512 all the way up to 5gigs but nothing worked until I did as you described and I enabled PAE
Much appreciated
Kal
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Re: Error code: 0x0000260

Post by mpack »

Kalallalallalal wrote:One thing though, I tired different size of memory from 512 all the way up to 5gigs but nothing worked until I did as you described and I enabled PAE
Pass. I prefer not to speculate, and I don't have a log for any of those cases.
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