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My friend was installing Windows 8 to our network lab's computers. During the installation, this error message appeared:

Your PC needs to restart
Please hold down the power button
Error Code 0x0000005D
Parameters
0x030F0401
0x756E6547
0x49656E69
0x6C65746E

What should he do to solve this problem?

Settings 1Settings 2Settings 3VB Stuck at thisError

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    Is the processor of the computer Pentium 4?
    – Ofiris
    Jan 16, 2013 at 19:52
  • Are you upgrading or installing new ?
    – Ofiris
    Jan 16, 2013 at 20:58
  • yeah im installing the new win8 Jan 17, 2013 at 9:22
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    @Hunter is the "Virtualization Technology (VT)" feature enabled in the BIOS? Apr 17, 2014 at 18:30
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    try to assign 2 CPU cores. Also upload the vbox.log Apr 20, 2014 at 17:44

4 Answers 4

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This message means the CPU doesn't support the required CPU features like SSE2, PAE and NX-Bit.

Check this for more details:

PAE/NX/SSE2 Support Requirement Guide for Windows 8

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  • all of computers have save hardwares but two of them had that error Jan 16, 2013 at 20:55
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    make sure NX Bit is enabled in the BIOS. read the .Doc file it explains everything "Attempting to boot a system without NX or SSE2 support will result in bugcheck. Users will get the UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR code (0x0000005D) " Jan 17, 2013 at 4:54
  • i checked the .doc and all of my computers but they have same hardwares in all slots but just 1 of those computers cannot be instaleld... is it maybe for out of dated BIOS? Jan 17, 2013 at 12:01
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    again, go into the BIOS and make sure NX Bit is enabled. it is sometimes labeled as "eXecute Disabled (XD)" and not NX. Jan 17, 2013 at 19:42
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    yes! your right and i was looking for NX tonight a lot but i couln't find it and there is execute disabled...thanks! Jan 17, 2013 at 20:06
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In those two machines, someone probably disabled NX. Go into the BIOS settings and see if you can enable it and retry the installation. It may be called something like "processor security", "execution prevention", "DEP" or similar. Windows 8 will not install on a machine without this enabled: http://www.jermsmit.com/?p=1829

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  • I am unable to find any No-Execution option in my BIOS. I could install windows 8 on Vbox previously (have installed many times) but now it is showing me this error after loading bios defaults. I don't know what settings did I do previously but windows 8 on Vbox worked perfectly. I can't find the settings in my BIOS can somebody point me out where it could be. My board is Intel DH67BL.
    – Hunter
    Apr 16, 2014 at 15:38
  • I can fully install windows 8 on my PC, but not on Vbox.
    – Hunter
    Apr 16, 2014 at 15:50
  • Execution disable bit was enabled in my BIOS so I disabled it but it didn't work at all. Execution disable bit (enabled or disabled) had no effect on it. Also DEP is turned on for VB and I cannot disable it for VB.
    – Hunter
    Apr 16, 2014 at 16:02
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The previous answers are helpful. However, there are some important details regarding Error Code 0x0000005D that seem to be not well-documented.

  • Most documentation indicates that this error is associated with installing Windows 8. However, this error seems to occur because of new requirements in Win8 PE. It could occur if you were installing Windows 7 from a build that was created using MDT 2012. I realize that you can hack the MDT 2012 script to use Win7 PE instead of Win8 PE but this isn't recommended. I have also read threads pertaining to this error and SCCM.
  • Some Pentium 4s and other really old hardware (about the time XP SP2 was released) predate this particular security feature and therefore no BIOS settings can be modified in order to make Win8 setup work. For this older hardware, you should continue install Windows 7 using a build created with MDT 2010.

The following document contains additional relevant details: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/hh975398.aspx?ppud=4

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For those using VirtualBox you need to manually run the following command:

"c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" setextradata "VM Name" VBoxInternal/CPUM/CMPXCHG16B 1

Source: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=56196

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