Thread: Installation problem by installing windows 8 on virtualbox (VM)

I had 2 problems. First I had to update my Bios on my laptop to allow me to enable virtualization. Took a while to find the update (forgot the PC originally came with Vista). This allowed me to install Virtual Box. I then found my original download of Win 8 Dev Preview was corrupt and had to re-download to obtain a good copy. This then did install properly.

Originally Posted by Trouble

As Mike has already stated according to this your processor does not support Hardware Virtualization, so you're not going to be able to install the 64bit Version of Windows8 to a virtual box virtual machine.
Get yourself the 32bit version and you should be good to go.

When I Try 32bit I See This Error:

"Failed to open the CD/DVD image C:\Users\Brenden\Downloads\Windows8-ReleasePreview-32bit-English.iso.

Could not get the storage format of the medium 'C:\Users\Brenden\Downloads\Windows8-ReleasePreview-32bit-English.iso' (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED)."

Details:

"Result Code:
VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80BB0005)
Component: Medium
Interface: IMedium {53f9cc0c-e0fd-40a5-a404-a7a5272082cd}
Callee: IVirtualBox {c28be65f-1a8f-43b4-81f1-eb60cb516e66}"