[Solved] Failed to install Windows VISTA (VirtualBox 4.3.12)

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HelpRequest
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[Solved] Failed to install Windows VISTA (VirtualBox 4.3.12)

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I use Windows XP (OS) and I would try Windows Vista with VirtualBox 4.3.12.0 but VirtualBox stops the installation.

Can you help ?
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Re: Failed to install Windows VISTA (VirtualBox 4.3.12.0)

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HelpRequest wrote:Can you help ?
Not with the information provided, no.

Minimum information needed for assistance.
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Re: Failed to install Windows VISTA (VirtualBox 4.3.12.0)

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Thank you for your reply.

I am using (OS) Windows XP Pro, X86, Service pack 3. Computer 2Gb mem., Intel celeron 2 Core CPU.

VirtualBox 4.3.12 r93733.

Hoping to try Windows VISTA (guest) with mem. 680 Mb (VirtualBox suggest 512 Mb). The installation stops after a while.
:roll:

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Re: Failed to install Windows VISTA (VirtualBox 4.3.12.0)

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00:00:48.934849 Host RAM: 2047MB total, 410MB available
You don't have enough free memory on your host to allocate 680MB for RAM + 16MB of VRAM = 696 MB at least available on the host, plus some overhead... You need to close some applications in your host, or buy some more RAM.
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Re: Failed to install Windows VISTA (VirtualBox 4.3.12.0)

Post by HelpRequest »

:D

You're right. Now it works.

Thank you very much.
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