Thursday, October 27, 2011

Install Windows 8 on VmWare Virtual Machine



As Windows 7 proved very hit mostly for every environment but some where un-compertible for other software but now you can run Windows 8 on virtual machine VmWare.

This is also a leak related with Microsoft's Product and environment. This might be tedious task related with Installing and Re-Installing of Windows 8 on VmWare Virtual Machine.



Firstly System Requirements should be same like Windows 7 as following below....
  • Minimum 1 Ghz Processor of 32 Bit (x86).
  • Minimum 1 GB RAM of 32-bit OR 2 GB RAM of 64-bit.
  • Minimum 16 GB free space should be available in Harddisk for 32-bit and 20 GB space for 64-bit.

 Follow the steps....
  • First you should have the Windows 8 which you installed in your Virtual Machine.
  • Download VmWare  Player from here  ELSE from here and Install it.
  • Click on Create a New Virtual Machine option from list.


  • Now Choose Installer disk image file (iso) and browse for the Windows 8 image file.

  • In Next Menu select Microsoft Windows as Operating System and Windows 7 (x64) but if you are installing Windows 8 (x64) OR select Windows 7 if you are installing 32 bit version.

  • In the Next Menu leave  the Windows Product Key empty and just enter the name and password (it's optional)

  • Set the name of the Virtual Machine (according yourself)  and set the location where you want to install it (select where you have round about OR minimum 40 GB free space when installing Windows 8 x64)

  •  After it, Enter the maximum disk-size, perfer to keep it minimum as 40 GB.

  • After it, Click on Customize Hardware and modify the memory if installing Windows 8 (x64). Keep the memory minimum as 2 GB. You could also change the number of cores depending on your processor.

  •  At the End, Click on Finish and your Windows 8 installation will start on Virtual Machine.

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