How to install Windows 8

First, preparation and description:

1, download VirtualBox: First download the latest version of Oracle VirtualBox, the latest as of May 17 The version is 4.08. For download, see "VirtualBox 4.0.8 released, the only virtual machine that can run Win8". This is a multi-language version with Simplified Chinese.

2. Download Win8: If you have not downloaded any leaked versions of Windows 8, please refer to: "At this stage, we know the Windows 8 resources and related technologies overview [continuously updated]".

3. Install VirtualBox: If you log in to Windows, the user name is Chinese, it may be faulty when installing VirtualBox. Please refer to: "Install VirtualBox under Win7, the system can not find the specified path? "A text. The specific installation steps for VirtualBox are not explained in detail in this article. It is very simple step by step. If you don't understand, click OK to confirm ……

4. Other instructions: This article is a tutorial demonstration in 64-bit Windows 7 Simplified Chinese version, to install 64-bit Windows 8 Build 7959 as an example (6.2 .7959.0.fbl_srv_wdacxml.110307-1930_amd64fre_server-enterprise_en-us.iso), of course, you can also install a 32-bit virtual machine system under 64 bits. If your computer is a 32-bit operating system and you want to play a 64-bit virtual machine, it depends on whether your CPU supports it:)

Second, start virtual machine installation Windows 8:

1. Click on the shortcut in the desktop or start menu, run VirtualBox, or in the Dock software (of course recommend soft media) ——

2, open In the Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager, click the first button on the left “New”, come out to create a new virtual computer wizard, click “Next”——

3. In this step, “Virtual Computer Name and System Type”, enter your name for this virtual machine, for example: Windows 8 Build 7959 x64, the operating system is naturally Microsoft Windows, the version is selected Windows 7, if you want to virtualize the 32-bit version of Windows 8, then select Windows 7 in the drop-down box. Because Windows 8 is not yet officially available, there is no Windows 8 option available in VirtualBox. Here you choose Windows 7 64-bit, which is completely OK. Next, click to go to the next step.

4. In the memory setting of the next virtual computer (virtual machine), select 1024MB. The example computer is 16G physical memory. Of course, you can set the default 512MB memory according to your computer's situation. If you are 2G or 4G memory or above, it is recommended to set it to 1024M memory. Then click Next ——

5. In this step, you need to create a bootable hard disk for the virtual computer. Virtual, default 20GB, enough, directly The next step is, of course, if the remorse can be re-set after the creation, come on, the next step ——

6, then a new pop-up will pop up. The hard disk creation wizard creates a hard disk for this virtual machine from your physical hard disk. The next step is ——

7. In the virtual hard disk type, there is a dynamic Expand and fixed size two options, choose dynamic expansion is better, so it does not completely occupy the 20GB of hard disk space you specify, but continue to expand according to actual needs. The default is dynamic expansion, do not move, continue to the next ——

8, the next step is to specify the location and space of the virtual hard disk, it is necessary to remind everyone If you installed VirtualBox on the C drive, it will put the file occupied by the virtual machine to the C drive by default. In this step, you can click the resource manager icon button on the right side of the location to specify that you store the virtual machine hard disk. The location of the file, such as D:\\VirtualBox\\. After installing Win8 or Win7, the virtual machine file may reach more than 10 G, so this step depends on your hard disk space.

Because after I installed VirtualBox, I set the path to save the virtual machine to D:\\VirtualBox\\, so I will install more virtual machines here later. You can set it at any time. This manually specifies the storage location of Win8 7959.

After setting, the next step is ——

9, this step prompts you to create a virtual hard disk for the new virtual machine. This step is directly Click Finish to complete :)