Features of Windows 8
- Instead of Start Menu orb there is a charm bar on the Desktop screen.
- Along with text password there is also option for picture password.
- New applications have been added to enhance Social Networking and Email experience.
- One of the main aspects of Windows 8 is its performance and speed.
What is a Virtual Machine?
Installing two or more than two operating systems and to run them parallel on a single machine was impossible, but with the launch of virtual machines like VirtualBox and Vmware it became possible.It is an open source freeware tool that can run a full copy of an operating system along with application softwares.You can run multiple operating system including Windows, Linux, Unix,Mac on a single machine parallely but with distributed memory system. It contains its own virtual Ram, Hard disk and network interface card(NIC).It is better to install Windows 8 on virtual machine instead of creating a dual boot if you don’t intend to use it as your main Operating System.
Advantages of Using Virtual Machine.
- Compatibility: Virtual machines are compatible with all standard x86 computers
- Isolation: Virtual machines are isolated from each other as if physically separated
- Encapsulation: Virtual machines encapsulate a complete computing environment
- Hardware independence: Virtual machines run independently of underlying hardware
System Requirements to Install Windows 8 on Virtual machine
- Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster
- RAM: 2 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)
- Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
- Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device or higher
How To Install Windows 8 on Virtual Machine
- Download the ISO image of Windows 8 From Here
- Download and install the Virtual box From Here
- Launch the VM VirtualBox and click on the “New” button to create a new virtual machine. In the wizard that pops up, select the Microsoft Windows Operating System and then Windows 8,Click Next ,
- Select the amount of memory(RAM), 32-bit version of Windows 8 requires minimum 1 gigabyte and the 64-bit version requires 2GB. Click on next button.
- Create a new Virtual hard disk and Click Next.
- Choose the virtual disk image (VDI) and click on Next button.
- Choose Dynamically allocated (If you want to allocate fixed memory then select Fixed allocated,20 Gb will be optimal).
- While allocating memory space make sure that your virtual disk has at least 16GB allocated to it for the 32-bit version of Windows 8. The 64-bit version needs a minimum of 20GB.
- Now verify the setting that you need and create theVirtual machine it will take some time to create a file.
- Now, start the virtual machine that you just created, a wizard will appear and click Next,
- Your Windows 8 virtual hard disk is now ready
- Now, Browse and select the Windows 8 Consumer Preview ISO image file which you have downloaded.
- This is the final step, click on the next button and this will initiate the Windows 8 set up it will take around 20 to 30 minutes.
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