Geek Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/installing-windows-8-dev-preview-virtualbox.jpg" alt="Installing Windows 8 in VirtualBox" title="installing-windows-8-dev-preview-virtualbox" width="620" height="501" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21317" /></p> <p>We already covered <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/14/install-run-windows-8-in-vmware-mac-os-x/">read how to install Windows 8 in VMWare</a>, and now we’re going to show you how to get Windows 8 running inside of VirtualBox. If you’re wondering why, well, VirtualBox is advantageous for several reasons, the two main being that <em>it’s free</em> and it’s available for all major platforms including <em>Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux</em>.</p> <p>Download these first:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/13/you-can-download-windows-8-developer-preview-for-free/">Windows 8 Developer Preview</a> – <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/home/">download this free from Microsoft Dev Center</a></li> <li>VirtualBox – <a href="http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads">download this free from Oracle</a></li> </ul> <p>Put the Win8 ISO somewhere you can find it easily, and install VirtualBox before proceeding. You’ll notice the setup is a bit more complicated than using VMWare, but we’ll walk you through everything so just be patient and you’ll be up and running in no time.</p> <p><span id="more-21301"></span></p> <h2 style="font-size:1.3em;">Installing & Running Windows 8 in VirtualBox</h2> <p>This was tested in Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7 but will also work in Windows 7 and Linux, and probably any other place VirtualBox runs:</p> <ul> <li>Launch VirtualBox and click on “New” to create a new virtual machine, give it a name (Windows 8 etc) and select “Microsoft Windows” as the operating system and select “Windows 7″ as the version</li> </ul> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/install-windows-8-virtualbox.jpg" alt="setup Windows 8 in VirtualBox" title="install-windows-8-virtualbox" width="620" height="376" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21303" /></p> <ul> <li>Click on “Next” and allocate RAM to the virtual machine, I chose 2GB because I’m using the 64bit version, but you can go with more or less</li> <li>Again click on “Next” and choose to “Create a new hard disk” then select “VDI” as the virtual disk image file type</li> <li>For disk storage, choose either “Dynamically allocated” if you want an expanding drive or “Fixed size” if you want to just set 20GB and forget it – this choice doesn’t matter much</li> <li>Choose about 20GB from the disk size selector then click on “Create”</li> <li>You’ll now be at the VirtualBox boot screen, so select your Windows 8 virtual machine and click on “Settings”</li> <li>Choose the “System” tab and first under “Motherboard” check the box next to “Enable IO APIC” to enable it</li> <li>Now click on “Processor” and check “Enable PAE/NX” so that it is enabled </ul> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/windows-8-virtualbox-config.jpg" alt="Windows 8 configuration for VirtualBox" title="windows-8-virtualbox-config" width="620" height="536" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21304" /></p> <ul> <li>Now click on the “Storage” tab and look for “IDE Controller” on the left, click on the “Empty” slot under that</li> <li>Next look for where it says “CD/DVD Drive: IDE Secondary” and click on the little CD/DVD icon next to it</li> <li>Select “Choose a virtual CD/DVD disk file…” and navigate to the Windows 8 Dev Preview ISO file you downloaded earlier – this tells the virtual machine to boot from that iso image so that you can install Windows 8</li> </ul> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/select-windows-8-iso-virtualbox.jpg" alt="Choose Windows 8 ISO in VirtualBox to boot from it" title="select-windows-8-iso-virtualbox" width="620" height="416" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21305" /></p> <ul> <li>Click on “OK” to return back to the VirtualBox main menu, click your Windows 8 VM again, and then click on the “Start” button to boot the virtual machine</li> <li>Let the VM boot and then select “Next” and follow through the instructions to install Windows 8, the virtual machine will automatically reboot and load Windows 8 when it is finished</li> </ul> <p>How long it takes to intall largely depends on the speed of your computer, but it’s generally pretty quick. Windows 8 runs fairly well in VirtualBox, but unless you have a touch screen you won’t get the full experience of Metro, which is probably the most compelling thing about Windows 8 anyway.</p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/windows-8-virtualbox.jpg" alt="Windows 8 in VirtualBox" title="windows-8-virtualbox" width="620" height="444" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21302" /></p> <p><strong>Note:</strong> Some users have trouble installing Windows 8 64-bit version in VirtualBox, if you encounter a constant reboot loop, crashes, or freezes during install, try using the 32-bit ISO of the Developer Preview instead. If you continue to have problems, you can always use the free 30 day trial and <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/14/install-run-windows-8-in-vmware-mac-os-x/">install it in VMWare instead</a>.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N_Iy5rVtJRioTnRXoiE0XXNrklQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N_Iy5rVtJRioTnRXoiE0XXNrklQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N_Iy5rVtJRioTnRXoiE0XXNrklQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N_Iy5rVtJRioTnRXoiE0XXNrklQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=o491NJ78oKM:LVlE3_4Ve1g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=o491NJ78oKM:LVlE3_4Ve1g:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=o491NJ78oKM:LVlE3_4Ve1g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=o491NJ78oKM:LVlE3_4Ve1g:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=o491NJ78oKM:LVlE3_4Ve1g:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=o491NJ78oKM:LVlE3_4Ve1g:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=o491NJ78oKM:LVlE3_4Ve1g:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/o491NJ78oKM" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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