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Hi,

I'm installing XP professional on my virtual box. Everything was going well until I got the following error.

How do I fix this? Listen I should add I'm not a massive techie so if you can tell me how to resolve in the

simplest way possible I will be very grateful. I will also attach the log files as soon as can figure it out.

We will need the log file before anything else can happen. The file is called "VBox.log" and can be found in the "Logs" subfolder of the VM folder. Please zip up that file, and attach the zip archive to a new message here.

Is this ok? If not let me know.

speak soon

You don't have enough host memory for this VM.

VBox.log wrote: 00:00:26.967 Host RAM: 1791MB RAM, available: 722MB <-- this is what your host has available to give
...
00:00:27.925 RamSize <integer> = 0x0000000040000000 (1 073 741 824, 1024 MB) <-- this is what your VM is asking for

Reduce the VM RAM setting to 512MB and it should be fine, and/or free up more host mem.

mpack wrote:You don't have enough host memory for this VM.

VBox.log wrote: 00:00:26.967 Host RAM: 1791MB RAM, available: 722MB <-- this is what your host has available to give
...
00:00:27.925 RamSize <integer> = 0x0000000040000000 (1 073 741 824, 1024 MB) <-- this is what your VM is asking for

Reduce the VM RAM setting to 512MB and it should be fine, and/or free up more host mem.

Thanks so much. So let me get this correct so I don't have to keep asking you the same question a million times.

At the moment under setting my 'base memory' is too big at 1024mb

So I need to change this by

opening vm box>selecting settings>selecting system>select the mother board tab>on the motherboard setting- REDUCE the 'base memory' down from 1024mb to 512mb>ok

If this wrong please tell me in most simple way what to do instead.

Sorry to be so granular about this but I just want to be certain I'm doing the right thing

Yes, that is correct.

thanks you are fantastic.

something else has happened due to the base memory reduction. I tried to install my OS disk for XP and got the following message.

How do I fix this?

The error will be because the installer sees a previous install - it doesn't know that the last attempt failed. Since there is nothing to lose, I would just delete that VM and start again from scratch. Make sure you check the RAM setting before you tell the VM to start.

I suspected but wasn't sure.

thanks for speedy reply