Microsoft recently released a developer preview of its much-awaited new operating system Windows 8. Although it’s named a developer preview, anyone can test drive it to see and feel it for themselves. However, some tech skills are required to install and use it, and since this is a developer preview, there is a chance of problems.
So our advice is that if you are comfortable with things like virtualization and dual booting, you can try what we are going to teach today, if not, enjoy the process and increase your knowledge about it so you can boast in front of your new friends.
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There are currently some issues with dual booting of Windows 8 and therefore a clean install is recommended. If you don’t want to do a clean install, you can install it on VirtualBox and run the new OS in your current OS.
If you’re not sure how to install and run Windows 8 as a virtual machine, here’s the complete guide for you. I tested this on my Lenovo Y500 4EQ laptop. You can see a snapshot of my system that I took with Speccy.
Necessary prerequisites
- Please make sure that your computer supports hardware virtualization. If you are not sure about it, download the Microsoft Hardware-Assisted Virtualization Detection Tool. This tool checks if your computer’s processor supports HAV and whether this setting is enabled.
- Download Windows 8 Developer Preview ISO.
- At least 20 GB free hard drive
- This is not necessary but since it is a somewhat tedious process, you may want to sit with a cup of coffee. ????
Install Windows 8 on Virtual Box
Step 1: Download and install VirtualBox on your computer. Installing it is not rocket science and will take a few minutes to complete once you agree to all permissions.
Step 2: After successful installation, run VirtualBox using the desktop icon created during installation. Launch the new Virtual Machine wizard by clicking the New button on the main window.
Step 3: Name your Virtual Operating System and select Microsoft Windows as the Operating System type and Windows 7 as the version from the drop-down list.
Step 4: Now you have to allocate RAM for your virtual operating system. The best rule of thumb is to assign half of what you have. Assuming you have 4 GB of RAM on your system, you must assign 2 GB to the virtual operating system so that you still have 2 GB left for your current operating system.
Step 5: Create a new Boot hard disk and click next.
Step 6: Select the Virtual Box Disk Image (VDI) file type and click Next.
Step 7: Now you can choose between fixed and dynamic storage. There’s no harm in choosing either, but I prefer fixed over dynamic so as not to run out of space.
Step 8: Allocate virtual disk space. I recommend a minimum of 16-20 GB of space for uninterrupted use.
Step 9: Click the create button on the summary page to create the virtual disk.
Step 10: Sit back and relax a bit while Virtual Box creates your virtual disk.
Step 11: Once your Virtual Operating System is created, it’s time to make some nifty changes. Right click on your VM and click settings. Now enable the VT-x and Nesting Paging options in the System tab—>Acceleration.
Step 12: Enable PAE/NX in the processor settings and save the settings by clicking the OK button. Now you can start your virtual machine by clicking the start button.
Step 13: On the First Run Wizard, select the Windows 8 Developer Preview ISO file and click next.
Step 14: Windows 8 installation will begin. For your convenience, I have made a video tutorial. You can go through it if you are unsure with any of the steps. Although the video is recorded for VMWare Workstation 8 it won’t make any difference.
Step 15: Once the installation is complete, you will see the brand new Metro UI.
From next time on, whenever you launch the VM, you will boot into Windows 8.
If you run into any problems during this process, I just need to comment. And stay tuned as we’ll be playing more with the Windows 8 developer preview in the coming days. ????
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