Vbox virtual machine installation Windows8 method and note

article will elaborate on the vbox virtual machine installation Windows
8 process, and bring together the installation process often problems and solutions! You can reply to add your own problems, we will update to this post! Everyone concentrated on overcoming the difficulties of installing v8 in vbox and helping more friends who want to try.

One: vbox download and install: recommended to the Vbox official website to download, I downloaded the VirtualBox-4.1.2-73507-Win, click to go. Installing a vbox is like installing a software, not much to say.

Second: Create a virtual machine to install Windows8: Please download the iso file of Windows8 first. Click to go.

To create a virtual machine, please follow the process below.

1. Open the installed vbox, click New in the upper right corner, and see “Welcome Wizard” and click Next.

2.Operating system
Select Microsoft Windows, the version chooses Windows7 or Windows7 64-bit!

3. Next memory defaults to 512M, no need to modify, the next step.

4. The virtual hard disk checks the Start-up Disct! “Create a new virtual hard disk> Click Next.

5. By default, the first VDI, no need to modify, click Next.

6. Default Dynamica allocated, click Next.

7. The default 20G virtual hard disk does not need to be modified, click Next.

8. Once created, click created! Next page, continue to created! Create a virtual machine to complete!

Three: vBox must be prepared before installing Windows8

At this time, see the "New" "Setting""Start" button. Don't worry about starting. Complete the following settings to ensure a good success rate!

1. System-Motherboard-Extended Features: Enable IO-APIC chipset to select ICH9

2. System-Processor-Extended Features: Enable PAE/NX

3. Display - Graphics - Extended Features: Enable 3D/2D Acceleration

4. Display - Remote Desktop: Do not enable server

5. System - Hardware Acceleration - Hardware Virtual: All enabled

The above content is provided by the member. The Windows8 forum moderator directly installed the vBox directly after the failure. After the above settings, the Windows8 developer beta was successfully installed.

Four: The whole process of installing Windows8 in vBox virtual machine

1. Click “Start” Then click Next, then browse to select the media, which is your iso file.

2. Click Start to start the installation, see the English installation interface, the country, the language is not selected, the default is English and then  Next”!

3.Install Now! Then wait for the dialog box that lets you select “I accept……”, click “Next”!

4. Next select Custom(advanced) which is the second one, currently we can only completely Installation cannot be achieved through an upgrade.

5. At this time, I saw two drive letters, one hundred megabytes, one 19G, and 19G, then “Next”!

6 After a long wait, you will go to the black interface “Windows Developer Preview”!

7 Continue to wait to know that the green interface requires you to enter the computer
name! You are free to do this. Use letters and numbers.

8. The following Settings interface selects “Customize”! Next Next!

9. Select “Yes,Share and Connect”! Next Next!

10. The next two Settings interface directly click twice in the lower right corner "Next";

11. At this time, the place to enter the mailbox, Windows ID, HOTmail mailbox, live.com, etc. can be!

12. Enter your password, Next! continue waiting. It will be just a little while! At this time, the installation is basically completed.

There is no problem at this time you have already installed the installation, if you encounter problems, please check this tutorial
! Every step is very close. Did not skip any step! Failed and reloaded! If you want to try your best, you must try your best to overcome the difficulties. If you can't solve the problem yourself, please consult our group or ask questions in the forum. Thank you for your support of the Windows8 forum. This article is the original Windows8 forum, please use the hyperlink to indicate the source.

VBox installation Windows8 common problems and solutions:

1. Just start the installation and see a crying face symbol, the text prompts Your PC ran into a problem that it couldn’t handle,and Now it needs to restart! What should I do?

Answer: This situation has appeared in VM or vBox installation Win8, restart 呗! If you complete the setup work in step 3 above, you can basically avoid it. If something goes wrong, keep restarting.

2.vBox installed Win8 when the first restart how to operate, stop in the black screen there is a code to prompt Ctrl+alt+del restart, how to restart?

Answer: You can try it first, and press any key when you change the first line of code on the black screen. If not, then continue to look at the following methods. This restart involves the vBox virtual machine's mouse and keyboard "exclusive operation", pay attention to the green arrow in the lower right corner, the ctrl on the right side of the default keyboard is the button that controls the "exclusive control", please enter the "exclusive status" first. Press the three combination keys again, press “alt+del” at the end, press ctrl