I installed Windows 11 in Virtual Box in case I need it for school but it keeps crashing. My laptop is 12gb RAM and I gave the VM 8gb RAM.

If I upgrade my laptop RAM to maybe 16gb and give the VM 12gb RAM would that help? Thanks I’m a newb

  • Viper3210@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Hello,

    Others have given good advice on narrowing down the issue. I’ll just say that I don’t think you’ll ever get stability with 8gb for win 11. Ubuntu is going to struggle sometimes with the 4gb left for it too.

    I would look into upgrading the ram first. Old laptop ram can be very cheap. I doubled the memory in a laptop for my mom by adding a 16gb stick I got on eBay for $20.

    If it has an empty slot just buy an exact copy of the module it has and it will probably work. If both slots are occupied you’ll have to do some research to find the correct modules and it might not be worth the money and hassle.

    • vandsjov@feddit.dkEnglish
      1·
      12 hours ago

      I’ll just say that I don’t think you’ll ever get stability with 8gb for win 11

      First, I’ve never tried using Linux as a VM host, so there might be something in play I don’t know about. However, having run Windows 11 as a guest under Windows 11 and macOS, I can push Windows 11 down to 1 GB of RAM With no problems. It’s a little sluggish when opening apps but never unstable. Normally I run it with 4 GB.