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I have my virtualbox on windows 8.1 . I am wondering if I boot my windows in command prompt mode and then start the virtualbox and use my VM, would it make any difference (help it to run faster) ? if not what is the best or most efficient way to run a VM if you don't necessarily need the host machine GUI ?!

any help or suggestion would be appreciated !

the fastest way to run a guest is to make sure you have the guest additions installed.

No, booting into the host command prompt will not help the VM, in fact it may kill the VM. All the resources used by the VM are in fact host PC resources. If the host PC has not initialized those resources then the VM can't run. Remember that the VM is just a simulation running as a Windows 8 application. The simulator can't run without Win8 (or other supported host).

The best way to run a VM is, to install the GAs as Lou mentions (*), and to share resources equally between guest and host: don't overcommit RAM, CPU or disk space to the guest, because if the host is crippled then so is the VM. Vice versa too.

(*) In fact the GAs won't really make the VM go any faster, but improved graphics etc will gave a perception of much better performance.

I was wondering how the guest's GUI would even run myself.

mpack wrote:No, booting into the host command prompt will not help the VM, in fact it may kill the VM. All the resources used by the VM are in fact host PC resources. If the host PC has not initialized those resources then the VM can't run. Remember that the VM is just a simulation running as a Windows 8 application. The simulator can't run without Win8 (or other supported host).

The best way to run a VM is, to install the GAs as Lou mentions (*), and to share resources equally between guest and host: don't overcommit RAM, CPU or disk space to the guest, because if the host is crippled then so is the VM. Vice versa too.

(*) In fact the GAs won't really make the VM go any faster, but improved graphics etc will gave a perception of much better performance.

Thanks !

loukingjr wrote:the fastest way to run a guest is to make sure you have the guest additions installed.

Thanks dude !