Mounting Window 8.1 on Virtual Box

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Chan
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Mounting Window 8.1 on Virtual Box

Post by Chan »

Dear All,

I was trying to install Windows 8.1 on my Virtua Box of my mac. Everything was fine from the begnning until i mounted the image of Win8.1. It seems it fails to attach the harddisk for the image

Here is my information:
Host: Macintoshi OSX Mavericks 10.9.5, Vbox 4.3.8 r92456; Guest Window 8.1 64 Bit

So Here is what I did:
-I ensured that the mounted image was window 8.1 and was inserted. Please note that I tried to insall through VMFusion and it works perfectly.
-I also tested the Virtual Box by installing a freebsd system and it works perfectly as well.
-I checked the Live CD/DVD box and tried with differeint type of IDE types(Primary and secondary for master, slave still doesnt work)
-I configured the boot options order only CD/DVD options and still doesn't work


-I hope this clarifies the issues for this topics.Please kindly advise and help me in this. I've attached the Vbox.logs and Vbox.png(in zip files) as the program advised.
Sincerely,
Dave
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loukingjr
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Re: Mounting Window 8.1 on Virtual Box

Post by loukingjr »

You need to install the latest version of VirtualBox (4.3.20) and make sure to select Windows 8.1 (64bit) in the guest settings.
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Chan
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Re: Mounting Window 8.1 on Virtual Box

Post by Chan »

Thank you loukingjr, it works now.
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Re: Mounting Window 8.1 on Virtual Box

Post by loukingjr »

You're welcome.
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