If you do encounter any errors, then the best thing is to enter any error codes into Google and hunt down the solution that is relevant for your specific system, as there would obviously be too many possibilities to list in this article. Solutions range from needing to update the BIOS to disabling Hyper-V on your system. In some instances we have seen compatibility issues with certain PCs. To shut it down, click the File menu and choose ‘Close’ and then ‘Save the machine state’. Once that’s done, you can use your virtual operating system in a Window, just like any other app. Once you’ve selected the ISO click Start and the OS will be installed on your virtual machine. Here you can navigate to the Windows 10 ISO file that you downloaded earlier. In the window that appears (Select start-up disk) click on the folder to the right of the drop-down menu that appears next to ‘Empty’.

When the virtual drive has been created you can now begin installing your operating system. We’re installing Windows 10 here, but you can choose between Linux, BSD, Solaris, IBM OS/2, Mac OS X or Other (which includes DOS). Next you’ll be asked to name the VM and select which type it is from the drop-down menus. To create a new Virtual Machine you’ll first need to click on the New icon in the top left corner of the window. Launch Virtualbox and you’ll be presented with a mostly empty menu welcoming you to the software. It’s a similar process in pretty much all virtualisation software, though.

Virtualbox, which is the software we’ll use here.

If you have Hyper-V and the latest Windows 10 Update, then it’s simply a case of searching for Hyper-V Quick Create and following the on-screen instructions (you can select your own image source if you don’t want to use one of the supplied ones).įor those who can’t or don’t want to use Hyper-V, download and install

Windows will generally work for a short period before it demands activation, but you could also download the Windows 10 Enterprise 90 day evaluation ISO which may give you enough time to do what you need to do.

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