Windows 10 guest hangs on boot

[Jacobe44]

I have the same problem. Windows 10 hangs on boot from virtual DVD. I run the latest virtualbox on 64-bit Windows 8.1 Enterprise host. I see DVD activity for a while and the cpu time is something like 15 % for a while, but then everything just stops and setup never starts.

[domev68]

Thanks rseiler, i have Virtualbox in my W8.1 and i'd like to try W10 as guest.

[jonf]

I'm on a Windows 7 Ultimate x64 host and I tried all the things mentioned here and more, but none of these things seemed to work for me. If it makes a difference for anyone here; the way I got it to load past the boot logo was to remove the default IDE controller which included the ODD drive that was created for me, add a SATA ODD drive to the SATA controller, then load the ISO into that.

Now I've got the Windows 10 installation screen in front of me, let's see how far I get...

Edit: : Well I got as far as installing Windows 10 itself. I tried installing Guest Additions after bootup but got an error saying it "cannot be installed on this version of Windows."

[MHarran]

I had problems getting this to install initially, got the 0x0000005D error. Checked settings and for some reason my CD Drive was set up as IDE, my HD as SATA. I changed them both to IDE and it's working fine now.

[revere521]

I am going through the processes of updating a clone of my windows 8.1 guest to the Win 10 technical preview. I will report back if it worked.

Win 7 64 bit host, no luck installing directly in a new machine.

edit: nope, started twice, gets to the end and rolls itself back stating win 10 could not be installed

[mpack]

Topic moved to "Windows Guests" forum.

[loukingjr]

For what it's worth, I've installed Windows 10 twice without a problem.

First install was on a pre-existing Windows 8.1 (64bit) guest.
Second was a new guest using the Windows 8.1 (64bit) template.
The only change I made to the template was to increase the .vdi size to 40GB and 2 CPUs. I don't think the changes were necessary though.

Mac OSX 10.9.5 Host. VB 4.3.16

[bluethree]

video memory must be greater than 51MB.
I succeed at 128MB, set by [display]tab of detail.

[revere521]

after several tries, i was able to get it to install using the windows 8.1 64bit template, no changes over default.

[Nick61]

I read all this post but finally i didn't understand if the new W10 works or not; i have Virtualbox installed in my W8.1 and i am curious to try the W10.

I have installed Windows 10 on VirtualBox and it just works fine .... you may read this how to install Windows 10 on VirtualBox that helped me install it