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1. #WINDOWS 10 VIRTUAL MACHINE PLATFORM HOW TO#
2. #WINDOWS 10 VIRTUAL MACHINE PLATFORM WINDOWS 10#
3. #WINDOWS 10 VIRTUAL MACHINE PLATFORM SOFTWARE#
4. #WINDOWS 10 VIRTUAL MACHINE PLATFORM DOWNLOAD#
5. #WINDOWS 10 VIRTUAL MACHINE PLATFORM FREE#

There’s also a chapter in this article about how to install them inside the VM.Ĩ. This will install them for VMware Workstation Player.

#WINDOWS 10 VIRTUAL MACHINE PLATFORM DOWNLOAD#

Just about now you’ll get a prompt to download VMWare Tools. Here are the most important options, for CPU, RAM, and display/GPU.ħ. All these Hardware settings can be changed later (after you power down the VM), so don’t sweat too much about them. The default allocated resources are a bit light if you ask me (2 GB RAM and 2 CPU cores).Ħ. Before clicking Finish I suggest you customize the VM hardware first. At this step you’re getting a summary of your VM settings. Maybe you can consider choosing a bigger size from the beginning since the actual occupied space will depend on what you install, so you’re not wasting any space by selecting a bigger maximum size.ĥ. You can expand the size later on if needed, but it’s not super easy.

I recommend you opt for splitting the VM drive into multiple files. Select a name and a storage location on the local computer for the VM files.Ĥ.

#WINDOWS 10 VIRTUAL MACHINE PLATFORM WINDOWS 10#

In the next window click Browse to select the Windows 10 ISO image you’ve downloaded previously ( we have a tutorial on how to do that too).ģ. With the warning above out of the way let’s see how to set up and start the Windows 10 installation in a virtual machine using VMWare Workstation Player as the virtualization environment.Īfter installing VMWare Workstation Player the first screen you see is this one:ġ. Thankfully, we have a step-by-step guide for installing Windows 10. Installing Windows 10 in a Virtual Machine Under Windows 10 with VMWare Workstation Playerīe aware this is not a tutorial on how to install Windows 10 on a computer (virtual or physical), but a tutorial on how to set up a virtual machine and boot the Windows 10 Installer.

#WINDOWS 10 VIRTUAL MACHINE PLATFORM FREE#

That’s why I’ve recommended them in the first place, but there are plenty of other options out there, both free and paid. I’ve personally used VMWare and VirtualBox in the past and found them easy to set up and good enough for my use case. If you need more options to choose from I recommend you also check out this article. Both are free for personal use if you just want to try them.įor this article, I’ll be using VMWare Workstation Player 16, but I’ll do another article for installing Windows 10 with VirtualBox in the near future so make sure you subscribe to BinaryFork to get notified when that article is live. I only have experience with two programs for creating and running virtual machines: VMware Workstation Player and Oracle VirtualBox. In the corporate environment or for hosting providers is basically a must-do.

#WINDOWS 10 VIRTUAL MACHINE PLATFORM SOFTWARE#

You want to develop software for other platforms.You need to run old software on a really old OS.You want to try out new operating systems.If you’ve ever asked yourself why use a virtual machine, here are a few simple reasons:

I tried to either see what MacOS looks like or a certain Linux distribution without having to risk messing with dual boot, or I was just trying to learn more about virtual machines. I’m not an expert in VMs, not even close, but I’ve used them from time to time. First Question: Why Use a Virtual Machine? You can do VMs inside VMs, but that’s not the point of this article, so let’s get going.īut first, if you don’t know what a virtual machine is read this article. Yes, it sounds like Inception and it is Inception. You may have heard about virtual machines, you have an idea about what they are and what they do, but don’t know where to start? If that’s the case here’s a guide that will teach you how to set up Windows 10 inside a virtual machine that runs inside another Windows 10 installation.