How to install a virtual machine to your computer and most importantly, which virtual machine to choose? Before asking you this question, I surfed the Internet and realized that the easiest to install and configure are VirtualBox and Virtual PC, but there is also Hyper-V and VMWare. I understand that now you will ask me: "Why do I need a virtual machine?" My answer: "I want to install different operating systems and experiment with them, I am very interested in this: Windows XP, Windows 7, but especially Windows 8!" My Windows 7 installed works fine with all the applications installed in it, but the hype around the new Windows 8 is only growing and I don't want to stay away, so you have already written two dozen articles about the eight on your site and continue to write. So I'm thinking of installing a virtual machine (just not choosing which one) to install Windows 8 into it and slowly study it, and then you look in October, when the final version of Windows 8.1 comes out, I'll install it with the second operating system. Mark.
Hello admin! on the Microsoft website and wanted to install it on my VirtualBox virtual machine, but the installation gets an error “ VT-x / AMD-V hardware virtualization features are enabled but not functional". What to do?
How to install a virtual machine
Friends, if you have never dealt with a virtual machine, then I will explain to you in a nutshell what it is. A virtual machine is a real computer created inside your main operating system and in this computer you can install other operating systems (several!) And not only Windows. You can, however you want to experiment with the operating system installed in the virtual machine, go online, install various software without fear of infecting your computer with a virus, in short, connect your imagination and you will find a use for it.
For example, one friend of mine learned to reinstall the operating system and divide the hard disk into several partitions only using a virtual machine.
As for the choice of a virtual machine, an article will be written about each of the existing ones on our website. I recommend you install a virtual machine VirtualBox, its capabilities will be enough not only for a beginner, but also for an experienced user, besides, it is free. Start with her. Simple and intuitive settings, stable operation, made it one of the most popular.
What virtual machines are there?
Virtual PC is free, very easy to install in Windows 7, follow the link to the Microsoft website, download and install.http://www.microsoft.com/ru-ru/download/details.aspx?id=3702
paid, costs 222.53 €, but there is a 30-day trial period. This virtual machine is needed primarily for system administrators and software developers.
So it is decided, install the VirtualBox virtual machine. We go to the site https://www.virtualbox.org/, click "Downloads", select
VirtualBox 4.2.16 for Windows hosts x86 / amd64.
The installer of the virtual machine is downloaded, we must run it on behalf of the administrator, otherwise in the future you will be haunted by various errors when working with the virtual machine. Right-click on the installer and select "Run as administrator"
The program is very easy to install on our computer.
We start the virtual machine as administrator.
Click on the "Create" button.
First of all, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that if you decide to install Windows 7 64-bit on a virtual machine, select Windows 7 64-bit from the list. If you decide to install another operating system, for example Windows 8.1 64-bit, then be sure to select Windows 8.1 64-bit in the drop-down list and enter the invented name of the virtual machine, for example Windows 8.1, then click Next.
In this window, you need to specify the amount of memory that you can allocate to the virtual machine. Friends, you should understand that the RAM allocated to the virtual machine will not be available to the operating system installed on your computer. If you have only 2 GB of your own RAM, then you cannot allocate more than 1024 MB to a virtual machine, your operating system, when working with a virtual machine, will be very slow. If you are installing Windows 8, the optimal size for it is just 1024 MB. As you can see, my computer has 8 GB of RAM, which means I can allocate more than 1 GB, for example 2 GB.
Create a new virtual hard disk.
Select file type VDI
At this stage, we need to specify the format of the virtual hard disk. If you check "Dynamic virtual hard disk" This means that the space on your hard disk allocated for the needs of the virtual machine will not be occupied immediately, but as files accumulate in your virtual machine. I recommend that you use this option.
We indicate the size of the virtual hard disk. If this is your first time creating a virtual machine, specify 50 GB, this will be enough to install Windows 8. But I will personally indicate a larger volume for myself. Why? In the process of working with the virtual machine, I will be installing many operating systems, so I will indicate the volume of 240 GB.
You can create a virtual disk on a different disk from the system disk, it's very simple, click on the yellow daddy and the explorer will open, in it specify any partition on your hard drive to place the virtual hard disk.
We see the result. So, we have created a virtual machine, now you need to configure it and finally install Windows 8 in it.
Select our virtual machine and click "Configure".
System. Uncheck the box "Floppy". We leave the CD / DVD-ROM as the first boot device, since we will boot the virtual machine from the installation disk or Windows 8 image, leave the Hard disk as the second device.
Leave the "Processor" parameter as it is.
"Acceleration" Hardware virtualization must be enabled, for sure you will be installing a 64-bit operating system.
Display. Video. Enable 3D Acceleration and Enable 2D Acceleration
Video memory 128 MB
Carriers. A little of your attention!
Your physical drive will be available in the virtual machine, in my case Drive "I" and if you have a Windows disk, you can use it to install the operating system, check the Live CD / DVD box.
There is also a virtual floppy drive here, we will connect to it an image with the Windows 8 operating system, which we downloaded in yesterday's article. In the "Media" option, select "Drive" and "Choose an optical disc image"
an explorer will open, in which you can select the downloaded Windows 8 image, then click "Open".
The Windows 8 image will attach to the virtual disk drive.
What is a USB filter? Imagine this situation, all USB devices connected to your computer will be detected in the operating system that is installed on your virtual machine. Naturally, you don't need this. USB filters will determine which USB device should be detected in the virtual machine and which in your main system. To see how all this works in practice, you first need to install the Windows 8.1 operating system in our virtual machine, and then everything will become clear to you, read on.
For all connected USB-2.0 flash drives to work normally in your virtual machine, install yourself the plugin VirtualBox 4.2.16 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack, download it at the office. website https://www.virtualbox.org/