Data migration to new MacBook....Windows won't open in Virtual Box

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monkeyguy
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Data migration to new MacBook....Windows won't open in Virtual Box

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I migrated everything from my old MacBook Air to a new one. When I try to start up Windows on the new one I get the error messages in the attached screenshots. Also, Windows will not open in the old one either.

Help is appreciated.
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scottgus1
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Re: Data migration to new MacBook....Windows won't open in Virtual Box

Post by scottgus1 »

A couple of ideas:

install on Mac
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=100696&p=500259#p500103

Mac install issues:
exit code 1
Try MultiOS's suggestion here: viewtopic.php?f=22&p=481332#p481332
monkeyguy
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Re: Data migration to new MacBook....Windows won't open in Virtual Box

Post by monkeyguy »

None of that worked.

I discovered this message (see screenshot). When I try to disable it there's no option to save it.
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scottgus1
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Re: Data migration to new MacBook....Windows won't open in Virtual Box

Post by scottgus1 »

That particular message is either because VT-x is not enabled in your computer's BIOS or something is using VT-x on your Mac and won't let Virtualbox use it. See I have a 64bit host, but can't install 64bit guests
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Re: Data migration to new MacBook....Windows won't open in Virtual Box

Post by multiOS »

@monkeyguy,

This seems a strange problem as, as far as I know, there is no 'normal' way or reason to disable hardware acceleration (VT-x) in Intel-based Macs Just in case of confusion; and as your opening question says you are trying to move to a 'new' MacBook Air, can you confirm that your Air Laptop does have an Intel Processor and is not one of the more recently released Apple M1-based models, which aren't able to run VirtualBox software successfully?
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