This will create the VM and show it in the Oracle Virtual Box Manager screen. Also specify the size of the virtual hard drive in mega bytes and click Create.ġ0.
Provide the location where you want the virtual hard drive file to be saved to. Next step would be provide the File location and size. In the Storage on physical hard drive, select the option “dynamically allocated” and click next.ĩ. In the hard drive file type, select “VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image)” and click next.Ĩ. Create a virtual hard drive in the following screen using the radio button “”Create a virtual hard drive now” and click “create button” as shown in the below screenshot.ħ. For this VM, I am setting 8GB RAM and click Next.Ħ. In the Create Virtual Machine screen, provide the name for the Virtual machine, select Type as “Microsoft Windows” and select Windows 8.1(64 bit).
In the Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager, click “New” in the Manager Window. If you don’t have VirtualBox, you can download and install Oracle VirtualBox from ģ. Open the Oracle VirtualBox application on your PC. You can download Windows 10 Technical Preview from Ģ. Sign up for the Windows Insider Program which provides the access to the Windows 10 Technical Preview product key as well the ISO download files of Windows 10. Step 3: Browse and add the extension pack downloaded in Step 1.Īlso Read: Learn to create a VM and install Windows 8.1 on it.1. Step 2: Launch VirtualBox and click File > Preferences > Extensions Step 1: Download VirtualBox’s extension pack, which includes VirtualBox RDP, USB 2.0 and PXE boot for intel cards. That’s it! You have installed the VirutalBox successfully. You may have to provide necessary privileges to install each support enabled in step 3. Step 4: Upon clicking “Yes”, the software will be installed. Note: During the installation, the VirtualBox’s Networking feature will reset your network connection and you will be disconnected from the network temporarily. Make sure you choose the installation location with enough free space. In this wizard, you can choose to install VirtualBox’s USB, Networking, Bridged Networking, Host-Only Networking and Python 2.x support. Step 3: Clicking the Next button will ask you to customize the installation. Step 2: Once downloaded, double click “VirtualBox-4.3.6-91406-Win.exe” file. Step 1: Download VirtualBox from its official website. All you need is to follow the below guide.įor demonstration purpose, I will be installing VirtualBox 4.3.6 on Windows 7.
Installing and using Virtual box is quite simple. It supports Linux, Windows and Mac machines, and requires minimum 1GB of free RAM and 10GB of disk space. Oracle’s VirtualBox is a virtualization software for X86/AMD based server and desktop.
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