[Virtual Server] could not be started because there is not enough physical memory or system resources available

21 Comments → “[Virtual Server] could not be started because there is not enough physical memory or system resources available”

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   5 years ago

   I do not have InCD and/or Nero installed. Do you have any tips for me? I am having the same problem and I have over 4Gb of memory and over 2Gb of HD.
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   5 years ago

   I too am having this issue – 38gb disk sapce and 1.2Gb ram free – trying to start a virtual that is only 10gb of disk space and 512mb ram? any help would be apprecieted
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   Amar Galla
   

   5 years ago

   Hi,

   If the problem is not with InCD, then there might be some other similar CD driver or other service which must be preventing your virtual machines to start. Try experimenting with any virtual cd managers or other similar services and see if turning one off solves your problem?

   Amar
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   5 years ago

   Hi,

   I have the same problem…I can’t even get one VM started. I’ve tried looking at services with no effect. I can’t find the “boot.ini” file re the “/3G” switch. I’m running XP Professional and trying to run a WS 2003 VM.

   Any help greatly appreciated!!

   Kit
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   5 years ago

   We’ve got the same problem. A server that was quite happily running 4 virtual servers on Friday was rebooted at the weekend and no I can only run 2!

   Craig
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   I just had this issue with my PC. I have 2GB of RAM and only using ~700 between 3 machines. I could not to start any more virtuals. Once I stopped the Incd helper service my additional virtual systems started right away.

   thanks for posting the solution.

   Monte
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   Kinan
   

   5 years ago

   Hi there,
   I’ve been through this, our server have 8GB of RAM, and I used to use only the /3GB key. However, when added the /PAE key additionally to the 3GB it works just fine.
   Changing the combination of these two keys may solve your issue.
   Regards,
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   5 years ago

   Perfecto! Detener InCd Helper y dejarlo con inicio manual. Problema solucionado. Gracias.
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   5 years ago

   Fixed! I have Sonic DigitalMedia by Roxio. Went to Tools > Options > Data and changed the CD Recording Options ‘Type’ to ‘Track at Once (TAO), Closed’.

   HTH, Md
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    5 years ago

    many thanks got me out of a hole very quickly…cheers Mike
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    4 years ago

    Stopping InCD Helper certainly did the trick for me. Thanks heaps for the great time-saving trick. I already spent a day on this problem and would have had to spend a lot more efforts trying to get out of the hole, without this workaround.

    Paul
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    4 years ago

    I was running Win2003 R2 SP2 Enterprise X64 and Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 on an HP proliant DL 380 with 6 GB RAM, I have /3GB en PAE switch set, DEP only enabled for OS.
    I had the same problem, no Virtual cd software like nero or roxio nothing.
    If i wanted to start even a single virtual machine wich i assigned 2,5 GB, it wouldn’t run…
    After Uninstalling mcafee 8.5 Patch1, everything ran just fine….
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    4 years ago

    I had the same problem with Mcafee 8.5 patch 1. I upgraded to patch 3 and that took care of it. Thanks!
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    3 years ago

    Upgrading to Mcafee 8.5 Patch 5 worked for me. Thank you Peter-Frank!
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    3 years ago

    Stopped Acronis Image Services and then was able to launch Server.
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    3 years ago

    The McAfee Update worked partially, but it just showed Turning on for a couple of seconds and again shows the same error. Duh… could this be due to the RAM constraint?

    Also whats the minimum available RAM required for the installation?

    Quick reply would be appreciated.
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    3 years ago

    Found that the problem was caused by the /3GB tag I’d added into the boot.ini when I upgraded the RAM.

    Once this was tag was removed, leaving the /PAE tag in there, all my virtual machines could then start up.
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    3 years ago

    I have MS Virtual Server 2005 R2 with the same problem, ie my virtual computers are failing to start and this is the error I get in the event viewer “XXXX could not be started because there is not enough physical memory or system resources available”

    I have McAfee ePO server which installs antivirus automatically hwne i computer joins the domain and it has installed McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i with Patch1.
    After Reading from the above suggestions. I downloaded the Patch 6.1 and distributed it to all my computers, including the virtual server. now the virtual computers are starting without any problems.

    Thank you all for your suggestions and thanks for hosting such a wonderful site.
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    Greg
    

    2 years ago

    I disabled McAfee’s OnAccess scan and was able to start my VPC.

    Thanks to others for suggesting McAfee.
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    Ken
    

    2 years ago

    In my case, I disabled Jing, a screen capture software, and was able to start my VMs.
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    andrew
    

    1 year ago

    if didn’t found inCd service (no installation of nero)…try to stop IP Helper service…this help me….

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