Microsoft Windows 8 – Installing build 7955 on VirtualBox

The next Microsoft’s operating system version it’s starting to heat the internet all the way.

After some minor leaks of the o.s. got spread over the web, we can now find a lot of information about what’s new.

One of the news source I use to know more about, it’s Neowin that already has a dedicated link tag for Windows 8:
Neowin.net – Microsoft Windows 8 news

Well, yesterday I’ve decided to test a leaked version on my VMware Workstation.
After installing it I’ve noticed a BSOD (which now stands for Black Screen of Dead) and continuously reboots with now way to finish the install.

After some googling I’ve noticed a lot of people with the same issue and the most common cause reported was that VMware has not yet implemented ACPI 2.0 the right/most stable way.

So, I’ve download Oracle’s VirtualBox to give it a try. This time, no BSOD but freezes when installing.
Another quick trip to Google and found out a solution.

Here it goes:

.: Turn of the virtual machine
.: Go the the virtual machine settings
.: Tab Motherboard on the menu system and enable the feature extended “IO APIC”
.: On the tab Processor on the menu system, enable the feature extended “PAE/NX”
.: Next, on the tab Acceleration, enable hardware virtualization “VT-x/AMD-V” and “nested paging”

You will be now able to install Microsoft Windows 8 build 7955 on VirtualBox.

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