The next Microsoft operating system installment, Windows 8, was released to developers recently to allow software and bug testing. I don't recommend installing this over your current OS, or even for dual-booting with your current one - it's just too much of a hassle.
Before you read this tutorial, keep in mind that although it looks really long and there are a lot of text/images, it's mainly simple pictures that you will breeze right past.
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Once you've chosen the correct download link (64 or 32-bit) and successfully finished the download, open VirtualBox and choose 'New'.
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Choose 'Next' at the first window and then type a 'Name' for this Virtual Machine, including an 'Operating System' (like Windows) and a 'Version' (any one will suffice).
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| Click 'Next' when done |
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Select the amount of memory you'd prefer the machine is able to use. If you have 4 GB of memory on your physical machine I recommend using 1 or 1.5 GB, as it won't slow you down too much. Or, just use the recommended 512 MB.
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| Click 'Next' when done |
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A virtual hard disk is required to run your virtual machine, like a real hard drive is needed for a real machine. So choose to create a new hard disk.
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| Click 'Next' when done |
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Click 'Next' to the new window that says 'Welcome to the Create New Virtual Disk Wizard!'.
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On the next window leave the default 'Dynamically expanding storage' selected.
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In the next and final window leave the default 'Location' as is and adjust the 'Size' appropriately depending on the free size of your physical hard drive you're currently installing Windows 8 on.
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| Click 'Next' when done |
Finish the installation by clicking either Finish or OK (whichever option is present).
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You'll now be returned to the main menu of VirtualBox but now with your Windows 8 machine present. Double-click on it.
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Click 'Next' to the 'Welcome to the First Run Wizard!' and then choose the browse folder for the 'Media Source' in the next window.
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Locate and select the ISO file you downloaded from Microsoft earlier.
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| Click 'Open' |
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Choose 'Next' and then 'Finish' for the following two windows.
Windows 8 will now begin it's installation. Follow along as you would any other Windows installment.
Here are step-by-step images to guide your installation along. Simply follow along with these.
Let the installation do what it has to - which includes rebooting (maybe more than once). Just let it go and you'll end up with a screen like this at some point along the way:
(Download this full tutorial here for offline use.)
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