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How To Install Windows 8 On VirtualBox Virtual Machine

Last Updated on February 28, 2015 by admin 2 Comments

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VirtualBox is one of the finest free software available to install and try Windows on a virtual machine. Now that Windows 8 has made its way to the web, many of you might be interested in test driving the new OS without installing it on your primary machine.

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You can easily install and test Windows 8 in virtual environment using free software such as VMware Player and Oracle VirtualBox. We have already covered how to install Windows 8 on VMware Player virtual machine. In this guide, we will show you how to install Windows 8 on VirtualBox virtual machine.

What you will need:

# Windows 8 installation ISO file

# Oracle VirtualBox software

# 20 GB free space on the host machine

Procedure:

Step 1: Download and install VirtualBox software. It supports XP, Vista, and Windows 7 operating systems as host machines.

Step 2: Run VirtualBox software to launch VirtualBox Manager.

Step 3: On VirtualBox Manager screen, click New button to launch Create New Virtual Machine wizard. Click Next button, enter a name for your new virtual machine, select operating system version as Windows 7 or Windows 7 (64-bit) from the drop down list (as Windows 8 is not officially supported yet), and then click Next button to proceed to the next step.

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Step 4: Here, you need to select the amount of base memory that you want to allocate to your new virtual machine. Slide the bar towards to the right-side to increase the base memory. Please allocate at least 1 GB for your new virtual machine. Click Next to continue.

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Step 5: In this step, you need to create a new virtual hard disk to install your new Windows 8 operating system. Simply select Boot Hard Disk and Create a new hard disk options and then click Next button to open Crate New Virtual Disk wizard.

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Step 6: On Create New Virtual Disk wizard box, click Next button, select Dynamically expanding storage (the difference between Dynamically expanding storage and Fixed-size storage can been seen in the screenshot).

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Select a storage type and click Next button to select the virtual disk location and size. Select the size of the virtual disk in MBs (we recommend 20 GB) and then select a location with enough free space to save the new virtual disk.

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Click Next button and then click Finish button to complete the procedure.

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Step 7: In the VirtualBox Manager, right-click on the new Windows 8 virtual machine name and select Settings. Under Settings, move to Storage tab, click on the CD/DVD icon to select Windows 8 ISO file as virtual CD/DVD drive. Here, under Storage Tree, click on the CD icon next to CD/DVD Drive and browse to Windows 8 ISO file. Click Ok button to select the ISO as virtual CD/DVD drive. Close the Settings box.

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Step 8: You have just completed creating a virtual machine. In VirtualBox Manager, select the Windows 8 virtual machine entry and click Start button to start booting from the ISO file.

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Step 9: Once you click the Start button, you will see Loading Files screen followed by Windows 8 boot screen. From here onwards, just follow the general Windows installation procedure to complete the installation. Good luck!

Note: Some pre-beta builds of Windows 8 might not work on VirtualBox.

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Comments

  1. Raman Gutyan says

    June 9, 2016 at 12:38 pm

    Hello,
    I Followed this guide step by step but after click on start button, I got the error that “no bootable media is found”. So please help me to install windows and how I can fix this error.
    Thanks.

  2. sky says

    November 27, 2012 at 2:04 pm

    thanks for the tutorial.
    but can you update the tutorial using VirtualBox 4.24.81684 and windows 8 final. because the new VirtualBox settings are different when install windows 8

    sorry, my bad english :)

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