Windows 10: VirtualBox error: VT-X/AMD-V hardware acceleration is not available in Windows 10

Upon trying to run a version of Windows in VM VirtualBox, you may get VirtualBox error – VT-X/AMD-V hardware acceleration is not available on your system. Certain guests require this feature and may fail to boot without it. VT-x/AMD-V and Enable Nested Paging (System Section, Acceleration) are two main requirements for install Windows 10 in […]

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VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration is not available on your system. Certain guests (e.g. OS/2 and QNX) require this feature and will fail to boot without it.

Hi shashwat_s

check that hardware acceleration is turned on in virtualbox

open virtualbox,

select the Ubuntu machine and open settings

on system, select the acceleration tab

under hardware acceleration tick enable VT-x/AMD-V

click ok and try booting the machine

 

VirtualBox is saying that VT-x is not available, but it is?

So this is my first thread on this site! :3 Nice to meet you all. I'm a Linux user who's started to come back to Windows to learn more about it (I need to, if I truly call myself a Geek). So, a bit of context. VirtualBox works just fine under Linux (Ubuntu), with VT-x, Nested Paging and everything working just fine. But under Windows, despite having VT-x enabled in the UEFI, I still can't seem to get my VMs up and running. :\ VirtualBox complains about VT-x not being available, thought it's enabled in the UEFI on this HP EliteBook 8470p... I checked Hyper-V in the features and settings Program (I'm using Windows 10 Pro with a Windows 7 Pro License linked to my Microsoft Account, which surprisingly worked). But alas, to no avail. :\ What am I missing here? Is it something deep in the Windows Registry, or is it some more general setting? Before I enabled Hyper-V, it didn't work either. Currently, I'm under Ubuntu (yes, I like Ubuntu despite all the other Distros I've used. *Wink) VirtualBox is also the latest stable version, version 6... I also like Windows 10 and WSL with Debian, so I can Compile Programs without having to octa-boot between Operating Systems. Well, this is my first post. It's very nice to meet you all. *Biggrin I'll reboot into Windows 10 now, so I can further provide any info. Thanks for any suggestions and help! *Wink

 

VirtualBox error

When i try to open a Windows 10 Machine on Virtual Box it shows up this error:

VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration is not available on your system. Certain guests (e.g. OS/2 and QNX) require this feature and will fail to boot without it.

How can i fix this?