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Step By Step Windows 8 Installation on VirtualBox

September 22, 2011 Rich 2 min read

NOTE:  This post will have a lot of screenshots.  Lower bandwidth connections beware!
 
This is a visual walk through of Windows 8 installation.  I ran this setup to provide screenshots using Windows 7 Professional 64bit with Oracle’s VirtualBox 4.1.2 and installed Windows 8 from the Windows 8 Developer Preview 32bit ISO.
You can download Windows 8 Setup Screenshots in ZIP at Windows 8 Setup Screenshots Download


 

New Virtualbox Windows 8 Virtual Machine Settings

 
Startup Windows 8 VirtualBox Virtual Machine: Windows Developer Preview

 
Windows 8 Setup: Language & Region Configuration

 
Windows 8 Setup: Install Now

 
Windows 8 Setup: License Agreement

 
Windows 8 Setup: Installation Type (I chose Advanced)

 
Windows 8 Setup: Installation Location

 
Windows 8 Setup: Installation Progress

 
Windows 8 Setup: Choose Computer Name

 
Windows 8 Setup: Configure Settings for Preview

 
Windows 8 Setup: Create Username, Password and Password Hint

 
Windows 8 Setup: Finalizing Your Settings

 
Windows 8 Setup: Welcome

 
Windows 8 Setup: Preparing your PC

 
Windows 8 Setup: Main Screen

 
Windows 8 Setup: Shutdown after Install

 
 

One thought on “Step By Step Windows 8 Installation on VirtualBox”

  1. Hey Rich,
    Just curious if you have a preference for Virtual Box over alternatives such as VMWare Server, and if you’d be willing to share any of the reasoning for your preference?
    Until then, I’ll just keep reading.

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