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Fail to install guest (windows xp) on virtual box?

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I did a fresh install of LinuxMint, v 16, Petra and through the Software Manager installed VirtualBox (non free version)

VrtualBox v4.3
Host: LinuxMint v16. Petra with the MATE DE
Guest: Windows XP Home

The following Error Message appears when attempting to install Window XP.

"Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Windows XP.
Failed to load VMMR0r0(VERR_SVM_DISABLED"

Clicking on Details, reveals

"Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0X800040005)
Component: Console
Interface: IConsole (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)"

Is there someone on the list who can tell me what may have gone wrong,

posted Dec 4, 2013 by Deepankar Dubey

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1 Answer

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I assume you run VBox on a 64-bit AMD host but AMD-V is disabled. On 64-bit hosts we assume that all guests can run in 64-bit mode which is not true in your case.

How to fix: Either
1. Enable AMD-V in your BIOS settings (preferred) or
2. Execute 'VBoxManage modifyvm VM_NAME --longmode off' for your guest.

answer Dec 4, 2013 by Deepak Dasgupta
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