Just tried Windows 8 Consumer Preview x32 on my old Sony Vaio VGN-A115B and while the installation worked fine, at first boot it failed with error 0x0000260.
From what I could find, it appears this is a problem happening when running the software in virtualisation without PAE/NX features enabled or on older Pentium M laptops.
Mine is a Pentium M “Banias” 1.5 Ghz – I guess it was bound to happen at some point with legacy hardware, I just wish maybe I knew before I went through the trouble of installing it in the first place...
Thanks for posting this. I wrongly assumed I had burned a bad DVD; during the burning verification process, the Windows 7 OS-integrated burner failed. I proceeded nonetheless, but got the 0x0000260 error. Same again with a higher integrity Verbatim disc. And it was the CPU all along. At least now I know.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear it happened to you as well - W8 Developer Preview worked fine on the same hardware and I installed it through PXE booting from the ISO, which I checked the checksum after download, in both cases. Anyways you might be better off with a new laptop or tablet going forward, better performance, battery life and so on, I know I'm looking to a W8 tablet myself, maybe as a nice Christmas present :-)
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