[Solved] Windows XP Guest in Windows 7 Host - Guru Meditation KO - Safe Mode OK

[Ifcpotter]

Good evening:

I have a huge problem trying to virtualize an old Windows XP Professional SP3 in my VirtualBox 5.2.20

I have done a looot of tests, and followed all tutorials found on the internet, but all what I got, is to launch my Windows XP in safe mode, ok, but when I try to start Windows normally, it crashes, and now it get "guru meditation".

I have already tried:in cmd: VBoxManage modifyvm "WinXP" --hwvirtex off

I attach the log and screenshots in zip, due to only 1 attachment is allowed.

Thank you very much for your time and help!!

Greets!

[mpack]

Try enabling VT-x in the VM settings, that will give it more resilience against bad device drivers.

Next, boot in safe mode, go into Device Manager, and delete drivers for everything that doesn't exist in a VM.

[socratis]

There was no need to include the screenshots, all the settings show up in the log...

00:00:00.721232 File system of 'C:\Users\Isma\Documents\VIRTUALIZACION\MICASA-01.VHD' is ntfs

Where did you get this VM from? It doesn't look like you installed it from scratch, did you?

00:00:00.757288 VRamSize <integer> = 0x0000000001000000 (16 777 216, 16 MB)
00:00:01.646924 GUI: 2D video acceleration is disabled

And so is the 3D acceleration. Shutdown the VM and enable them in the VM settings » Display. You'll also notice that the max VRAM will jump from a max value of 128 to 256 MB after that; max the VRAM as well. Then re-install the Guest Additions (GAs) in the guest.

00:00:00.757240 Path <string> = "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxGuestAdditions.iso" (cb=58)

Make sure you eject the Guest Additions (GAs) CD after you're done installing the GAs.

[Ifcpotter]

Try enabling VT-x in the VM settings, that will give it more resilience against bad device drivers.

Next, boot in safe mode, go into Device Manager, and delete drivers for everything that doesn't exist in a VM.

Hi mpack. I already did that. It's tru that Enabling Vt-X works but very very very slow.

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[Ifcpotter]

Where did you get this VM from? It doesn't look like you installed it from scratch, did you?

1. The VHD is from Disk2VHD I did from the old hard disk physical that I want to virtualize. I don't want to use an old computer more

And so is the 3D acceleration. Shutdown the VM and enable them in the VM settings » Display. You'll also notice that the max VRAM will jump from a max value of 128 to 256 MB after that; max the VRAM as well.

2. Like this is correct?

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3. I will do that with or without VT-X active from last message?

[mpack]

Leave VT-x enabled.

[Ifcpotter]

Leave VT-x enabled.

With the VT-x enabled, it go veeeery slow, it works but impossible to open even My Desktop to do propierties.

And with VT disabled, my windows 7 host crash with a BSOD and dump.

Maybe It's my VRAM?

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[socratis]

The VHD is from Disk2VHD I did from the old hard disk physical that I want to virtualize

A P2V operation carries with it the drivers of the old computer, and WinXP is not that flexible to hardware changes. As mpack said:

boot in safe mode, go into Device Manager, and delete drivers for everything that doesn't exist in a VM.

Like this is correct?

No, it's not! I had it with bold red:

And so is the 3D acceleration. Shutdown the VM and enable them in the VM settings » Display.

Please refrain from posting images. A ZIPPED VBox.log contains more information than a single picture. So, re-read the thread, take the actions we suggested and post a fresh ZIPPED VBox.log.

[Ifcpotter]

No drivers were corrupted, so i didn't uninstall any of them.
I followed or your instructions, but instead of my computer, my father's computer. It was his OS, what I was trying to virtualize and...

VOILA!!!

It worked, perfectly, quickcly!!. The only issue is the screen resolution, but that is not a big problem, the virtualization VT-X, 3D and 2D enabled is magic.

YOU SOLVED MY LIFE!!

Thank you very very much from my dad and from me.

Have a nice day!!.

EDIT: Maybe I see the Windows XP slowly because my graphics driver is not well installed or updated. I formatted my pc last month, maybe I didn't install correctly the video graphics.

[mpack]

If you want good graphics performance then installing the Guest Additions, which includes the accelerated graphics drivers, should be an early step in the creation of all VMs.

[socratis]

It worked, perfectly, quickcly!!.

Glad we could help you get it running. Marking as [Solved].

[Ifcpotter]

If you want good graphics performance then installing the Guest Additions, which includes the accelerated graphics drivers, should be an early step in the creation of all VMs.

I did. I installed the Adittional Pack to VirtualBox and the Guest Aditions in the Windows XP