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feat: performance tips for VirtualBox
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grzegorz-leszczynski-reef authored Dec 18, 2024
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![](images/hyperv_windows/hyperv_windows_01.png)

Make sure that **Hyper-V is NOT checked**, so deselect it if it's selected like below.
Make sure that **Hyper-V is NOT checked**, so deselect it if it's selected like below. Also deselect **Virtual Machine Platform**, **Windows Hypervisor Platform** and **Windows Sandbox**.

![](images/hyperv_windows/hyperv_windows_02.png)

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Guide on resizing linux partitions in case you'd need to grow the device can be found [here](https://www.vultr.com/docs/block-storage#:~:text=Resize%20the%20filesystem%20-%20Linux)

VirtualBox guest additions from the "CD" that comes with VirtualBox works better than what you can get from `apt`.

If performance is weak here are some tips to try for increasing it:
* Change power plan to high performance - for host and guest machine.
* Run VirtualBox as administrator.
* Do not use too many processors (4 should be enough).

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