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Hello All,

I just downloaded the trail DVD ISO of Windows Home Server 2007 from the Microsoft website last night, and cannot seem to get past the second boot during setup. Right after the classic blue screen labeled "Windows Setup" from wayback in the 80s, after it says "Setup is starting Windows...", I receive a BSOD which appears to be hinting that the HDD Controller or HDD is bad, as that is what it says to try removing, if you recently inserted any.

Which I might add, the requirements for this are just as bad as Windows Vista itself, 60GB SATA(not IDE or SCSI) is required, and a huge 512MB of RAM. Why don't they just build their server OS on top of their Windows CE platform. Less resources and more cross-platform. Truthfully, I prefer Linux or a UNIX variant for my servers or home servers. I merely just want to test drive Windows Home Server, so that I can provide a non-basis review. So far, my overall review is looking pretty grim.

Here are the specs of my Host and what the guest specs are set to:

Host: VBox 2.2.0 (non-OSE), 1.5GHz, 3/4GB RAM, 32-bit Debian GNU/Linux 4.1(Etch)
Guest: OS-Type: Windows 2008, SATA1: 80GB, RAM: 512MB, Video: 12MB, Audio: AC'97, USB: No

Yes, I know my host specs are rather bad, however for what I mainly use my host for, it works just fine. I soon hope to upgrade to a nice shiny CoreDuo, or something with more cores in the near future.

Any advise on how to get by this nasty BSOD would be very helpful, as I would like to see what features are available and how the usability level is. FYI, Windows Vista Ultimate does run in VBox 2.2.0 on my host, after it boots up it runs fine, although the boot-up time can be long.

Set (and leave) VDI/VM harddisk controller to IDE and toggle SATA box on.

Thanks for your information, that works pretty fine for me.

Try this config out, its worked for me..
vbox 2.2.2 as on now...
im using
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General
Name:

WHS
OS Type:

Windows 2008
Base Memory:

512 MB
Video Memory:

12 MB
Boot Order:

Floppy, CD/DVD-ROM, Hard Disk
ACPI:

Enabled
IO APIC:

Disabled
VT-x/AMD-V:

Enabled
Nested Paging:

Disabled
PAE/NX:

Disabled
3D Acceleration:

Disabled

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Hard Disks
SATA Port 1:

NewHardDisk1.vdi (Normal, 67.33 GB)

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CD/DVD-ROM
Image:

Windows_Home_Server_DVD.iso

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Floppy
Not mounted



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Audio
Host Driver:

Windows DirectSound
Controller:

ICH AC97

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Network
Adapter 1:

Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop (NAT)

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Serial Ports
Disabled



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USB
Device Filters:

0 (0 active)

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Shared Folders
None



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Remote Display
Disabled

Sata port 0-3 do the same thing as IDE with sata support enabled.