Can Virtualbox run 64bit OS' on a VM?

MikeHunt79 · 3 Apr 2011 at 20:41

I'm trying to install Win7 x64 on to a VM and am getting the following error:

Does anyone know if it's even possible to do this with the correct settings or is this not currently possible?

ubern00b · 3 Apr 2011 at 20:46

I assume your host is 64bit?

Edit: it certainly is possible judging from this matrix. If its anything like VMWare Workstation/Server however it requires hardware virt on the CPU to run 64bit guests.

MikeHunt79 · 3 Apr 2011 at 20:48

ubern00b said:
I assume your host is 64bit?

Edit: it certainly is possible judging from this matrix. If its anything like VMWare Workstation/Server however it requires hardware virt on the CPU to run 64bit guests.

Yep, Win 7 pro 64 bit.

I'm not so sure if my CPU is up to the task however, I'm running an E5300, would that be why I'm getting this error?

EDIT:

Here's a CPU-z screenie:

ubern00b · 3 Apr 2011 at 20:50

Might be useful to you.

Edit: Scroll down to the "64bit guests" section.

richb93 · 3 Apr 2011 at 20:57

MikeHunt79 said:
Yep, Win 7 pro 64 bit.

I'm not so sure if my CPU is up to the task however, I'm running an E5300, would that be why I'm getting this error?

EDIT:

Here's a CPU-z screenie:

CPU doesn't support VT-x

MikeHunt79 · 3 Apr 2011 at 21:06

^ Would something like an E8500 support VT-x?

ubern00b said:
Might be useful to you.

Edit: Scroll down to the "64bit guests" section.

Hmm, thanks. I tried enabling I/O APIC in the settings and I'm still getting the same error screen with 0xc000035a error.

I don't think my E5300 is up to the job here... I guess I've not got another reason to upgrade!

robinbredin · 3 Apr 2011 at 21:15

richb93
CPU doesn't support VT-x

+1 Here

ubern00b · 3 Apr 2011 at 21:47

MikeHunt79 said:
^ Would something like an E8500 support VT-x?

Yes.

MikeHunt79 · 3 Apr 2011 at 22:22

Bah, Looks like I'll be keeping an eye out for an E8x00 chip then, thanks all.

marc2003 · 3 Apr 2011 at 23:04

why do you need a 64bit windows 7 guest? i could understand if you wanted something that was 64bit only such as 2008 R2/exchange 2010 but windows 7.... :confused:

just grab 32bit media from here.....

http://techpp.com/2009/11/11/download-windows-7-iso-official-direct-download-links/

MikeHunt79 · 3 Apr 2011 at 23:28

marc2003 said:
why do you need a 64bit windows 7 guest? i could understand if you wanted something that was 64bit only such as 2008 R2/exchange 2010 but windows 7....

just grab 32bit media from here.....

http://techpp.com/2009/11/11/download-windows-7-iso-official-direct-download-links/

I'm wanting to run Adobe After Effects CS5 which is 64-bit only, and I prefer to run it on a virtual machine as I don't like all the stuff that Adobe software put on my computer... And it also makes things easier for me if I want to use another machine to do the rendering as my E5300 isn't exactly a speed demon - I can simply dump the entire image file onto another machine if I need to.

I've now found that the Q6600 also supports VT-x and I actually have a Q6600 based machine so I'll use that once I find a spare HDD for it...

marc2003 · 4 Apr 2011 at 13:33

ah fairy nuff. you don't see much 64bit only software which is why i questioned it.

bledd · 4 Apr 2011 at 14:48

Was about to suggest q6600

Awesome CPU