Installing Windows8 as a Guest OS, all i get is a windows logo and black screen, any suggestions?

Question

Windows 8, does the initial install, then says, system must restart.

Once it doesn't it just shows Windows in white, with an all black background. And just sits there.

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I tried turning off the guest, and turning it back on. After about 5 attempts, it says the os has failed to load to many times, and you need to use recovery tools.

Im not sure why, every guide says its easy. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Try changing the chipset in the VMs system settings to ICH9. I have had VMs that could not boot under the default PIIX3 setting.