mpack Site Moderator Posts: 38062 Joined: 4. Note however that Windows 7 is no longer a supported host for VirtualBox 6.1.x, although I do not expect that is the reason for the current guest boot failure. You may want to drag this item onto your Dock. On a Mac OS X host, in the Finder, double-click on the VirtualBox item in the Applications folder. On some Windows platforms, you can also enter VirtualBox in the search box of the Start menu. VirtualBox version) is available in the VM log (which btw should be provided as a matter of course, so we should not need to wonder). On a Windows host, in the Programs menu, click on the item in the VirtualBox group. No, I was not wondering about your host - that and other info (e.g. Select 'Show Log' and save 'VBox.log' (no other file) to a zip file. Make sure the VM is fully shut down, then right click it in the manager UI. They are not the same as Windows 8.0 and earlier. FYI, the requirements for Windows 8.1 (32bit) are essentially the same as Windows 8.1 (64 bit) and all later Windows. In particular make sure you did not choose the 8.0 template, 'Other Windows' or in fact anything else.ītw, 'even this' seems to be implying that 'Windows 8.1 (32 bit)' is on the end of some kind of spectrum, though which one isn't clear to me.

Check again that the correct OS version has been selected in the VM settings. ISTR that is the boot black screen error you get when you boot Windows 8.1 with an incorrect template.

How to use virtualbox on windows 8.1