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[Solved] Windows 10 VM doesn't start
Posted: 6. Jan 2016, 23:29
by Vassili
Hi, I'm running version 5.0.12, previously I've had the same issue with 5.0.10. The Windows 10 image downloaded off modern.ie would not start - blue windows logo shows up, and the machine just sits there forever with the full CPU load. I've played around with the VM settings to no avail. Also, I've been running various Windows 7 guests on the same machine/VirtualBox installation with no issues. If you could take a look at the log to see what might be going wrong, that would be great. Thanks!
Re: Windows 10 VM doesn't start
Posted: 6. Jan 2016, 23:54
by mpack
You are assigning more RAM to the guest than you have available on your host. Try reducing VM RAM to 2GB.
Re: Windows 10 VM doesn't start
Posted: 8. Jan 2016, 19:48
by Vassili
Hi, thanks for the response. I've lowered it to 2GB, and still the same thing is happening. This PC has a total of 8GB ram and setting VMs to use 4 was never an issue in the past..
Re: Windows 10 VM doesn't start
Posted: 8. Jan 2016, 20:08
by loukingjr
I don't know if this may be a factor but in the log it is apparent that there is no extension pack installed in VirtualBox. Perhaps the Windows 10 appliance needs USB support. There are no guest additions. Ditto. 2D is disabled.
I've run the Windows 10 appliance myself without issue.
Re: Windows 10 VM doesn't start
Posted: 8. Jan 2016, 20:26
by loukingjr
I just installed the appliance for the umpteenth time and I do think it must be the lack of the extension pack. It was already installed in mine and Windows 10 started up fine even with 2D and 3D disabled. I'm not sure why the guest additions didn't show in the log because they do come pre-installed.
Audio and USB were disabled in the guest OTB.
I did assign it 2 CPUs instead of the default 1.
Re: Windows 10 VM doesn't start
Posted: 8. Jan 2016, 20:56
by Vassili
Installed the extension pack and the issue persists.. Uploaded new log, basically looks the same as before. Anything else I could try? Thanks!
Re: Windows 10 VM doesn't start
Posted: 8. Jan 2016, 21:12
by Perryg
I find this interesting.
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00:00:02.002501 CPUM: WARNING! Can't turn on NX/XD when the host doesn't support it!
AFAIK NX is required for Windows 8.1 and newer
Re: Windows 10 VM doesn't start
Posted: 9. Jan 2016, 00:03
by Vassili
Perryg wrote:I find this interesting.
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00:00:02.002501 CPUM: WARNING! Can't turn on NX/XD when the host doesn't support it!
AFAIK NX is required for Windows 8.1 and newer
Turned on the setting in BIOS and it's working now! Thank you very much!
Re: Windows 10 VM doesn't start
Posted: 29. Oct 2020, 08:40
by mramsath
I faced similar issue, my VMs were not started and hanging with blinking cursor even though i set all the configuration as suggested here as well as some other forums, I didn't check my logs as i was find it difficult read what's in the log files.
Anyhow my issue was because of my docker installation I have already enabled Windows hyper-v option, When I disabled this option in "Turn windows features on or off" , my VMs started successfully.
"Turn windows features on or off" and Untick following option only enough
Hyper-V -> Hyper-V Platform -> Hyper-V Hypervisor
Re: Windows 10 VM doesn't start
Posted: 30. Oct 2020, 10:28
by mpack
The problem discussed in 2016 was unlikely to be Hyper-v related. In fact the OP already indicated what the solution was.
Hmm. I think this topic is obsolete, locking it.