Step 9 – You now have an Install Now option available. Set your preferences, although the default is English US to begin with, and click on the Next button when you’re ready to continue. The first options you need to set are the language, time and keyboard. Step 8 – The Windows ISO will now load, and begin the installation process. Use the folder icon to locate the ISO and click Open, then the Start button to commence the installation.
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This will open a new window, asking for the location of the Windows 10 ISO you downloaded from the Microsoft site in the first few steps. Step 7 – With the Settings console window closed, and the VM highlighted, click on the Start button.
In Display, enable 3D and 2D Video Acceleration. In the General tab, click Advanced and enable Bidirectional for Shared Clipboard and Drag ’n’ Drop. Before you begin to install it though, click on the Settings icon whilst the Windows 10 VM is highlighted. Step 6 – The Windows 10 VM is now listed in the available VMs in VirtualBox. Make sure your hard drive has enough spare capacity and click the Create button. VirtualBox recommends that you allocate 32GB of physical hard drive space to creating the virtual hard disk. Step 5 – The default Dynamically Allocated option will suffice for this instance, so click Next.
The pop-up box will detail the type of virtual hard disk stick to VDI and click Next. The default option: ‘Create a virtual hard disk now’ is recommended, then click the Create button to proceed. Step 4 – The next section will enable you to create a virtual hard disk, in which the Windows 10 virtual machine can be installed. Ideally, you need to allocate around 2GB of memory to the VM. Naturally, you don’t want to take too much as your computer will suffer due to low memory when the VM is running. Step 3 – You need to set an amount of memory from your host computer to use as virtual RAM for the VM. In the Name field enter Windows 10, this should automatically change the Type and Version fields accordingly. Open VirtualBox and click on the New icon located in the top right of the main VirtualBox window. Step 2 – The ISO you’re downloading is around 4GB in size, so it may take some time, depending on the speed of your connection. When done, click Continue and choose the ISO Enterprise option, then your language choice and 64-bit, followed by the Continue button once more to begin the download. Step 1 – You need to register with Microsoft prior to being able to download the Windows 10 image simply click the Register button and fill in the required fields. You can see our guide to installing VirtualBox here.