Once the download has completed you will see the Burn ISO file to DVD finish screen. This whole process can take several minutes even with a fast connection and maybe an hour or more on a slow connection. Once the image has been downloaded, the program will also need to convert it to an ISO. The image will begin the downloading process, depending on your Internet connection it may take some time. You can use the default name Windows.iso and click on Save. The ISO image is around 4.2 GB as of this writing. On the Choose which media to use select ISO file, as this will be the Windows disk image we will use for our VirtualBox installation.Ĭhoose a location to store the ISO image, ensuring that the location you choose has plenty of room. If you uncheck the “Use recommend settings options for this PC” checkbox you can adjust these values if you need to.
Here it is important that you choose the second option “Create installation media (USB flash drive, DVD, or ISO file) for another PC”.Ĭhoosing the first option will attempt to upgrade your PC, but we only want the Windows 10 ISO image for our Virtual Machine.ĭouble check to make sure you chose the “Create installation media …” option and click on Next.īy default your Language, Edition and Architecture should be pre-selected.
After a little while the license agreement will appear.Ĭlick on Accept if you accept the terms of the agreement.Īgain, you may get a brief pause as the tool sets a few more things up.Īfter a little pause, you will get a screen asking “What do you want to do?” As of this writing it is version 1909.Ĭlick on Yes to allow the app to make changes to your system if Windows prompts you to do so.Ī dialog will appear for a few moments as it set things up. Note the xxxx is the current version of Windows that the tool will download, and its value will change over time. Once the file has downloaded, open up your downloads folder and double click on the MediaCreationToolxxxx.exe to begin installation of the tool. You should get a popup asking you to save the file, go ahead and click on Save File. Under the Create Windows 10 installation media section, click on Download tool now. To begin we will need to get a Microsoft Windows 10 ISO image. The ‘guest system’ then is the Virtual Machine that you will be running using the VB software, in this case the virtual Windows 10 system we will be installing.
The ‘host system’ is the physical PC you are probably using right now that you intend to install the VB software on to run the virtual guest machine. VB is short for the Oracle VirtualBox software we are using to create and run our VM (Virtual Machines). The VM is the virtual “guest” system that will run on your host. VM is short for Virtual Machine, a general term describing a computer environment that is virtualized. There are also a few terms I wish to clarify: VM, VB, host system and guest system. This is optional as you can also take a snapshot of your finished VM install and simply revert back to its initial state once the grace period is over. a 10 Mbps connection will take 60 minutes and so on).įinally, if you wish to make your Windows 10 VM a more permanent installation, you will also need to have a valid Windows 10 Product key. On a 100 Mbps connection it takes roughly 6 minutes for the download portion, so you can use that as a base reference (i.e. If you do not already have a Windows ISO image file, you will also need a high speed Internet connection as we will be downloading a ~4 GB Windows ISO image file.
Alternatively, you could use an external drive with a similar free space capacity, it will be a bit slower but still workable. To follow along with this guide you should have a HDD (SSD preferred) with at least 200 GB of free space, but more is better. Installing Windows 10 on your Virtual Machineīefore we start, I want to quickly go over a few items: This is a rather long and thorough guide, so I have included an index of the major topics:Ĭonfiguring Virtual Machine for Windows Install The video and this guide will walk you through step-by-step of setting up a VirtualBox Virtual Machine on your computer and using it to install a fresh Windows 10 Virtual Machine installation. This is the companion page for the VirtualBox Windows 10 Video