Error (0xc0000225) installing Windows 7 on VirtualBox

What I thought would be very quick and easy, to install Windows 7 on Virtual Box, led me having to do some googling after getting the error:

Windows Boot Manager
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause.
To fix the problem......

Status: 0xc0000225
Info: An unexpected error has occurred.


When creating the VM in VirtualBox it asked me for the guest OS which I choose “Windows 7”, thinking that by doing this, it would all work!

To resolve this error, thankfully its a simple fix:

  • Power Down the Virtual Machine
  • Go to the Settings of the Virtual Machine
  • Under “System” tick on “Enable IO APIC”

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8 Responses to Error (0xc0000225) installing Windows 7 on VirtualBox

  1. Andy S says:

    This also solved my problem installing Server 2012 RC on Virtualbox. Thanks.

  2. Pascal H says:

    Likewise with Server 2012 Foundation and Essentials full release – Thanks a million!

  3. Michaël Polla says:

    Had this problem too when installing Win7 on VirtualBox. Thanks 🙂

  4. Colin says:

    Nice and simple, thanks for the help

  5. do says:

    Thanks too! Worked perfectly, and I would never have guessed this!

  6. mike says:

    you saved 3 people in my class tonight!

  7. steve says:

    Worked perfectly…thank you !!

  8. Bob says:

    Works with a Windows 8.1 install also — THANK YOU!

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