{"id":838,"date":"2012-07-04T03:38:19","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T07:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikemartinezonline.com\/blog\/?p=838"},"modified":"2012-07-04T03:38:19","modified_gmt":"2012-07-04T07:38:19","slug":"how-to-install-windows-8-consumer-preview-using-virtualbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikemartinezonline.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/04\/how-to-install-windows-8-consumer-preview-using-virtualbox\/","title":{"rendered":"How to install Windows 8 Consumer Preview using VirtualBox"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here I am going to show you how to install Windows 8 Consumer Preview into a Virtual Machine using VirtualBox. I will be showing the method for Check out my previous article on \u2018Getting Started with Virtualization<\/a>\u2019 first for a good primer.Make sure you have plenty of free hard drive space \u2013 probably 30GB should be sufficient.<\/p>\n

Make sure your processor supports virtualization AND 64bit processing.<\/p>\n

To do that download \u2018SecureAble\u2019 from GRC.com<\/a> and run it (after downloading it righ-click and choose \u2018run as administrator\u2019. Download is here<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

You should see a screen like this screen<\/p>\n

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if your system will let you use Hardware Virtualization and has 64bit processing capabilities. IF it doesn\u2019t there is NO need to continue. You will NOT be able to do anything mentioned here.<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s get started<\/p>\n

Download the latest version of VirtualBox<\/a><\/p>\n

Download Vbox Extensions Pack<\/a> [To install you need to first install VirtualBox then double-click the extensions pack and it should be added to the VirtualBox installation]<\/u><\/p>\n

Download Windows 8 Consumer Preview (64bit)<\/a> (copy the Product Key to a text file too!<\/b>)<\/p>\n

Install all of these \u2018as administrator\u2019.<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

After installation:<\/p>\n

1. Launch Virtual Box. (Make sure you\u2019ve installed the Extensions pack) Click New to create a new virtual machine and type a name for it.<\/p>\n

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2. For Operating System version, select "Win8 64-bit"<\/p>\n

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3. For memory size, enter 3090MB, more or less. Microsoft recommends 2GB at least for the 64-bit version. Click next\/continue through the next screen to create a startup disk.<\/p>\n

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4. Click next\/continue again to create a VDI file.<\/p>\n

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Then<\/p>\n

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5. Use a Fixed size disk, for better performance (especially since this is just a test virtual machine).<\/p>\n

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6. A 25GB disk size is probably fine; that’s the minimum Microsoft recommends for the 64-bit version.<\/p>\n

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7. Click Create and your virtual disk file will be created.\"image\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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And then..<\/p>\n

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Now you will have a new Virtual Machine \u2013 Windows8Preview, that we will need to make a few more edits to before we can start it.<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

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You\u2019ll notice I<\/em> have some other Virtual Machines here. [But we are only concerned with the Windows8Preview one for this article.] <\/p>\n

So right-click on the Windows8Preview VM and click on \u2018Settings\u2019<\/p>\n

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Under the \u2018System\u2019 options make sure to set the options to look like this:<\/p>\n

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Click to the Processor tab and then check \u2018Enable PAE\/NX\u2019<\/p>\n

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Under Acceleration: Enable VT-x\/AMD-V and Enable Nested Paging<\/p>\n

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Next click on the Storage Options<\/p>\n

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Click the CD icon next to CD\/DVD Drive, then choose the virtual CD\/DVD disk file to browse to the Windows 8 ISO file you downloaded.\"image\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Then navigate to the directory where you downloaded the Windows 8 ISO file, click open.<\/p>\n

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Finally click Start to begin the installation and walk through the Windows 8 installation.<\/p>\n

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TAKE NOTE THAT TO \u2018REGAIN\u2019 CONTROL OF YOU MOUSE OUTSIDE OF THE VIRTUAL MACHINE YOU\u2019LL HAVE TO USE THE \u2018RIGHT Ctrl\u2019 TO FREE IT UP!\"image\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Press install and then you will have to enter the preview Key:<\/p>\n

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Choose Custom (New)install and then Next to select the drive (virtual Hard Drive we created)<\/p>\n

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The install will then start<\/p>\n

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Then walk through the setup:<\/p>\n

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Continue to walk through Setup, I chose to \u2018Sign in without Microsoft account\u2019 you can however if you wish use a hotmail or live mail account:<\/p>\n

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The important thing to know that with the mouse the \u2018corners\u2019 of the screen are where most stuff happens in the \u2018Metro\u2019 GUI. You can use your mouse to click and \u2018scroll\u2019 around the metro applications or move it over to a corner to pull up the \u2018Charms\u2019 on the lower right corner, recent applications on the upper right corner and the \u2018faux start menu at the lower left.<\/p>\n

The new Metro GUI will take a whole lot of getting used to.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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It would be good to watch video first to get a little understanding of the system. (don\u2019t fall asleep though\"Smile\" ).<\/p>\n

For me I doubt I will ever use Metro much except when I\u2019m doing support for end users on their system. I have WAY too many applications for this type of interface and prefer the old Windows 7 Style Start Menu.<\/p>\n

Thankfully that can easily be enabled in Windows 8. To do so – in Windows 8 Consumer Preview open Internet Explorer and go to this site<\/a>, [here is the address so you can enter it manually if you need to http:\/\/www.stardock.com\/products\/start8\/ ]<\/p>\n

Enter an email address (hint – ANY will do) and download the application. Then once downloaded \u2018right-click\u2019 and choose \u2018run as administrator\u2019. And you will now have the old Start Menu and some new \u2018right-click\u2019 options such as \u2018run\u2019 shutdown\u2019 and more.<\/p>\n

Well, there is a start for you to mess around with Windows 8 and get a feel for the future of Windows Operating Systems. By using VirtualBox you don\u2019t have to worry about  messing up you current system. You can always delete your VM and start over or just get rid of it. \"Winking<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to be adding a whole load more posts as time goes on on how to use Windows 8. This is such a big step for end users I foresee a whole lot of confused, frustrated and aggravated users.<\/p>\n

Keep checking back for more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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