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Linux VirtualBox guest suddenly running extremely slow

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Apologies for the very long post, I have posted this on the VirtualBox forums but the activity seems to be quite low and no responses yet so if I may, please bear with me here. Specs Host Linux 3.2.6-2-ARCH x86_64 | VirtualBox 4.1.8-2 | Guest CentOS 6.2 Host Windows 7 64 bit | VirtualBox 4.1.8 | Gu…

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Fix for: Linux VirtualBox guest suddenly running extremely slow

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I found the problem, VirtualBox had for some reason reset my VM to 32-bit whereas my .vdi was of a 64-bit OS. To fix this you need to: delete the virtual machine (keep your .vdi file) create a new virtual machine with the wizard On the very first pa…

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