Install Windows 7 on VirtualBox – Status: error 0×0000225
When I try to install Windows 7 on Virtual Box 4.1, I get this error:
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix this problem: [...] Status: 0x0000225 Info: An unexpected error ahs occurred.
Status: 0x0000225
To fix it, stop the virtual machine, go to Settings -> System and check “Enable IO APIC”
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thank sir for solving this problem for VB 4.
but plz tell me how to solve this problem when you install the window 7 or 8 in real,,,,,
Hi Shivam. Maybe you’ll have to enable the IO APIC mode in the BIOS.
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Can you tell me why i need to enable that opcion to run win 7?
Hola konzo, as stated in the Virtual box documentation (http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html):
Note
Enabling the I/O APIC is required for 64-bit guest operating systems, especially Windows Vista; it is also required if you want to use more than one virtual CPU in a virtual machine.
You can disable after install, but this has no effect. But there are workarounds if you google for it to disable APIC, as keeping this setting enabled may affect performance.
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Excellent help, thanks!!!
Solved my problem also , thank you!
i can’t find setting> system>enable io apic
please help
Hello Thu. You have to stop the virtual machine, and then you can go to Settings (menu Machine -> Settings) and then click on System and on the right pane, on Extended features, check “Enable IO APIC”
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Hello @yessudhans. This only works for this status error: 0×0000225. What message are you getting?
i got a diff screen with launch start up repair and start windows normally options
but nothing working
any help….
even if i have added my other Vbox that also came to this coma condition
awesome, this worked for me on VirtualBox! thanks for sharing…
Its works
Thanks! I was worried my Win7 disc was somehow hardware-locked to only the physical host machine.
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At least I’m not the only one who has this problem!
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This fixed my problem when I tried to install Windows 7 on a Macbook Air (Lion) using Virtualbox. Thanks!
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