Run virtualbox on windows 10 home how to#
Run virtualbox on windows 10 home mac os x#

Open up File Explorer, click This PC, right-click the CD Drive and select Eject.

You will then be logged-in to your brand new Windows 10 RTM machine.

I want to use a local account, so I will choose Skip this step.

I don’t want to use a Microsoft account to log in.

Since I don’t have a domain setup yet, I am going to select I own it.

After choosing your custom settings and clicking Next, the operating system installation continues.

The next two screenshots are the options I chose.

Select Customize settings so you can configure some privacy settings.

When you are prompted for the product key a second time, select Do this later.

Since this is a brand new VM, we can just select Next.

That way I can delete any partitions that might be there.

I like to select Custom: Install Windows only (advanced).

Read and accept the license terms ( if you accept, obviously).

Select either Windows 10 Pro or Windows 10 Home, depending on your needs.

When it asks to enter the product key, I selected Skip since this is just a test machine.

On the first screen, leave everything alone and select Next. VirtualBox should then start and boot off of the ISO.

Start the new VM by clicking on the VM name and then click Start.

Once you see Win10_English_圆4.iso (or …x32.iso) under Controller: IDE, click OK.

Click the CD icon, then Choose a virtual CD/DVD disk file… this is where you are going to navigate to and select your downloaded ISO.

Highlight the new VM, select Settings, select Storage, click on Empty under Controller: IDE.

File location and size: 32.00 GB, click Create.

Storage on physical hard drive: Dynamically allocated, click Continue.

Hard drive file type: VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image), click Continue.

Hard drive: Create a virtual hard drive now, click Continue.Then select Continue.įrom this point on in the New VM creation process, I am going to select all of the defaults. The Type and Version will update automatically. Launch VirtualBox, select New, then Name it Windows 10.

Run virtualbox on windows 10 home how to#

How to Install Windows 10 RTM in VirtualBox Step by Step You basically need to follow the simple instructions, choose most defaults and sit back and relax while the installation finishes in a fairly short time. Microsoft’s operating systems installations are a very simple process these days. In a previous article, I installed Windows 10 Technical Preview in VirtualBox, but since Microsoft recently released the RTM version, I figured it would be a best to download the ISO file and show you the actual installation.

Run virtualbox on windows 10 home mac os x#

Here I am running VirtualBox on my Mac OS X operating system. This post is focusing on installing Windows 10 RTM 64 bit in VirtualBox.