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Hi all,

I'm new here (obviously by the post count lol) and new to virtual machines as a whole. I am currently doing an HNC in Computing and this is part of my module.

I have a windows 7 laptop, and the OS im trying to use in virtualbox is also windows 7. Im not sure if thats important but thought I would mention it.

Basically, as far as I know it installed ok and I was able to attached the ISO without any problems. But during the 'Starting Windows' screen, I got a Guru Meditation message that led me to here.

If you need anymore info outside of what I have mentioned and the log, please let me know, and thanks in advance for any help.

00:00:06.494178 Host RAM: 2008MB total, 647MB available
00:00:07.511626 RamSize <integer> = 0x000000003e800000 (1 048 576 000, 1 000 MB)

00:05:13.621999 Console: VM runtime error: fatal=false, errorID=HostMemoryLow message="Unable to allocate and lock memory. The virtual machine will be paused. Please close applications to free up memory or close the VM"
00:05:20.977473 Changing the VM state from 'RUNNING' to 'GURU_MEDITATION'.

You are assigning more memory to the guest than you have available.

There is absolutely no way I would have noticed that.
I assumed since i was still in 'the green' section of the memory in the settings that it was ok.

Thanks very much, its working now.