Install Windows 7 on VirtualBox – Status: error 0xc0000225
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: 0xc0000225 Info: An unexpected error ahs occurred.
To fix it, stop the virtual machine, go to Settings -> System and check “Enable IO APIC”
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Solved for me with Windows 10 VM that I had moved from hosted on Mac to now hosted on Windows laptop. Thanks
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Thanks @Michael, I’m glad to know that also works with Windows 10!
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Easily done and worked perfectly. Thanks!
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and which way is it at the software vm-ware
sorry my english isn´t so good
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Manuel, I can’t help you as I’m not vm-ware user
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Thanks, you save me.
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Reblogged this on Ibrahim El Merehbi.
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Thanks bro everything worked! You are awesome
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thanks for sharing!! 🙂
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It work for me enable APIC in the bios…hope this help. I have EVGA mobo
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That’s true @bacolod, but in some older systems enabling this option in BIOS may have problems: http://askubuntu.com/questions/52096/what-do-the-different-boot-options-mean-i-e-acpi-off-noapic-nolapic-etc
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Great article! We are liunking to ths great content on our
website. Keep up the good writing.
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Well in the new VBox there is an option to install Win 7 64Bit
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Thanks Sankee. That’s good news!
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Thanks Venz. It was pretty useful.
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Lokking exactly for this, i almost gave up and was about to install parallels.
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I had the same problems. After googling and finding your post here, the helped worked in my case! Thanks for sharing your experience!
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It’s not a Windows 7 option. You must stop the virtual machine (stop windows 7) and go to Virtual Box -> Settings -> System. You have the option there, as I posted in the precedding comment.
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It is in the bios. You can find the IO APIC in the bios.
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Thanks Bro…
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Hurrah, that’s what I was exploring for, what a information! existing here at this website, thanks admin of this web page.
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plz God will open ur brains more than this ok Thank u very much
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Gracias!!!
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Nice.. Thanks!!
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many thanks. got stuck
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Many THANKS
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Good article. I absolutely appreciate this website. Thanks!
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many thanks this has solved my problem
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Excellent, had me stopped for 2 hours as could not install from DVD or ISO image. Sorted in 2 minutes.
May the sun shine on your front and wind blow on your back…
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Thanks, mate 🙂 This is why I love the Internet!
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thanks bro.
it solved my problem.
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Thanks a Lot Buddy 🙂
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Thank you
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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,,,,,
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Hi Shivam. Maybe you’ll have to enable the IO APIC mode in the BIOS.
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thanks a lot
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Fixed! Thanks!
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Thank You
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Thank you verrryyyyy muuuuch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really appreciate it!!!!! 😀 😀 😀 A lot of thanks from Indonesia. 😀
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You’re welcome, Muhammad
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thanks so much!
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fix, thak you very much, save a lot of time!
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This solved my problem. Thank you!
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Thanks Buddy..
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Thanks for the pointer
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many thanks for sharing your knowledge
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Gracias muy util la informacion
Can you tell me why i need to enable that opcion to run win 7?
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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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perfect! thanks for the solution
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Thanks! It is so nice to have people that spend their time helping others!
Cheers
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Thanks Nicholas!
That’s the reason why I began to write this blog.
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Thanks
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Gracias, me sirvió
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Excellent help, thanks!!!
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Solved my problem also , thank you!
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i can’t find setting> system>enable io apic
please help
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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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where I can find IO APIC in windows 7?
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Thanks!
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Thanks man! I appreciate it, it works!
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Thank you very much, it works.
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Thanks! It worked!!!!!!
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Excellent! Solved my problem.
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Thanks..it works for me.
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Thanks for sharing. This helped me out a lot.
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brilliant! i spent hours looking for a solution and finally, i found this and took me just a click! thanks so much!
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please help me
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Hello @yessudhans. This only works for this status error: 0×0000225. What message are you getting?
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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 😦
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awesome, this worked for me on VirtualBox! thanks for sharing… 🙂
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Its works
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Thanks! I was worried my Win7 disc was somehow hardware-locked to only the physical host machine.
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Obrigado!! era isso mesmo.
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Thanks so much, passed thro’ the creepy screen… 🙂
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At least I’m not the only one who has this problem!
thanks all
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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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worked perfect, thanks
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You’re welcome!
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thanks. it works! it solved my problem in the past!
Keep doing great buddy!
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Thanks Venz, I’m glad about it
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