On the software market there is a plenty of applications, eligible to run the external platforms: VMWare, Virtual PC and others. But this time I would like to make a pause and describe, how to download and use Oracle VirtualBox for Windows 7 for free. VirtualBox is one of the best software virtual emulators. Steps to install Windows 7 on VirtualBox. First, you need to download Virtual Box (it’s free) and also Windows 7 RC (download Windows 7 RC). Just follow the onscreen instructions to install Virtual Box (it’s very simple). Installing Windows 7 under Virtualbox. Hopefully you have a Windows CD lying around somewhere. If you can get hold of an ISO file, that would be great too. 2.1 Start up VirtualBox. In the Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager, click on New and then on Continue. Under Create New Virtual Machine, enter 'Windows 7' under the Name field. The Operating. VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.
Table Of Content
- 1- Download Windows 7 Iso
- 2- Declare Windows 7 virtual machine
- 3- Install operating system
- 4- Install additional tools
- 1- Download Windows 7 Iso
- 2- Declare Windows 7 virtual machine
- 3- Install operating system
- 4- Install additional tools
1- Download Windows 7 Iso
First of all, you need to download a Windows 7 Installer with Iso, and Bootable formats. If you have a copyright CD Key, you can download directly from a website of Microsoft:
If you have no copyright CD Key, let's seek a site to be able to download aWindows7 Iso installer, for instance, the following website:
OK, I have a Windows 7 installer withIso format here:
2- Declare Windows 7 virtual machine
First, you need to open the VirtualBox, select New to create a new virtual machine.
Enter the name of virtual machine, herein called 'Windows7' by me
Choose the number of RAMs to be provided to the virtual machine.
Next, create a virtual hard disk for your virtual machine.
Select the position where your virtual disk file will be created and designate the size of your virtual disk.
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A Windows 7 virtual machine is created and you can see it on the VirtualBox Manager window. It is noted that your virtual machine just created is not installed operating system, therefore, you need to install an operating system for it.
3- Install operating system
In the above step, you have just declared a virtual machine on the VirtualBox. Now, you need to install an operating system for it.
TheVirtualBox will ask you where the ISO file downloaded by you in the previous step is.
Virtualbox Windows 7 Iso Install
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OK, at this time, the operating system starts being installed. If you are familiar with the installation ofwindows operating system, this is very simple.
Enter password and hint. Your hinted information helps you remember the password if you forget it in the future.
OK Hệ điều hành đã cài đặt xong!
4- Install additional tools
Virtualbox Guest Additions Windows 7 Iso Download
In the above step, you have installed a virtual machine successfully. In fact, you need copy & paste the files between the virtual machine and your computer, therefore, you need to install additional software.