![]() Some of the known and popular Type 2 virtualization platforms are Hyper-V Client, VMware Workstation, Oracle VirtualBox and others. The Type 2 virtualization runs on the top of the operating system. Type 1 virtualization runs on bare metal and has direct access to the hardware resources and some of the known hypervisors are VMWare ESXi, Hyper-V, XenServer and others. ![]() #Oracle virtualbox on windows 8.1 how to#Then please follow the installation steps demonstrated at How to Install Windows 8 on Virtual Machine for a successful Windows 8 setup.There are two types of virtualization, type 1 and type 2. Highlight new virtual machine Windows8 and press Start icon on Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager menu. You can now choose the drive which includes the bootable Windows 8 setup DVD for your new virtual machine installation.Īfter all above Oracle VirtualBox configuration settings are configured, you can now start Windows 8 installation on virtual machine. ![]() You an also configure video memory settings and your monitor count on the Display tab of the Virtual Machine Settings screen. You can enable hardware virtualization options to "enable VT-x/AMD-V" and to "enable Nested Paging" If you do not enable PAE/NX, you won't be able to install a 64bit operating system on your virtual machine, as a guest OS When enable PAE/NX configuration check is marked, Physical Address Extension (PAE) feature of the host CPU (physical CPU on your main operating system) will be exposed to the virtual machine (and to guest operating system). The most important setting is to enable PAE/NX which will let you to install 64-bit Windows 8 operating system on your virtual machine. You can further configure virtual machine settings by right-click on the virtual machine name in the list and select Settings from context menu The Create New Virtual Disk wizard will display the summary of the selected configuration before creating the virtual diskĪnd this is the summary of new virtual machine configuration (don't mix virtual machine configuration with virtual disk configuration)Īgain we're at Oracle VirtualBox Manager screen where virtual machines list is displayed Your virtual disk will not be larger then the file size you define here. To create a fixed size virtual disk file may take longer time when compared with creating a dynamically allocated virtual disk file.Ĭhoose the file name and the file folder where the new virtual disk file location will be on your hard disk.Īlso at this step of Oracle VirtualBox configuration, select the maximum size of the new virtual machine disk. Generally it is recommend to use Dynamically allocated virtual disk file to save storage space form your physical hard disks. VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image) virtual disk file type is default file type for VirtualBox You can let it default as VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image) as I did and managed to install Windows 8 without any problem. The wizard recommends 20 GB as a start-up disk size.Ĭhoose file type among available virtual disk types. If you are not attaching an existing Windows 8 virtual machine disk for your new Win8 virtual machine, choose "Create new hard disk". Virtual Hard Disk creation for Vindows 8 on new virtual machine. I chosed 1750 MB RAM for Windows 8 on Oracle VirtualBox virtual machine Choose available memory for Windows 8, keep it over 1 GM. ![]() Windows 8 memory settings is managed at this step. #Oracle virtualbox on windows 8.1 windows 7#Press "New" icon to start new virtual machine creationĬreate New Virtual Machine Wizard will guide you through all the steps to create a new virtual machine on Oracle VirtualBoxĬhoose Microsoft Windows 7 as the most similar OS for our new Windows 8 virtual machine Start Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager for creating a new virtual machine or starting an existing virtual machine Configure VM VirtualBox for Windows 8 Setup ![]()
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