Installing Windows 10 in our IT Lab

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In this lecture, I am going to show you how you can install Windows 10 in our IT Lab.

I have VirtualBox open and what I am going to do is to create a new VM by clicking on New.

In the Create Virtual Machine window, I am going to call this VM Windows 10. We can see that the Version was automatically populated to Windows 10 (64-bit). Here I am just going to click Create.

Now, we have already gone over the details of all the options in the Create Virtual Hard Disk window so I am just going to click on the Create button to create it with the default options.

The Virtual Machine has been created.

What I need now is an ISO file of Windows 10. I can get that by opening my Web Browser and doing a Google search for Windows 10 Download.

From the search results, we have the first option from Microsoft.com to download Windows 10. I will Click on the link.

And, we are taken to the page where we can download the Windows 10 Installation Media with the Microsoft media creation tool. I am running Windows 10 so I will be able to download and run this tool.

Note that in order to use Windows 10 we need to have a license to install Windows 10.

Click the Download tool now button and click on the Save button.

So what I am going to do now when it finishes downloading is click on the Run button.

The Media creation tool starts and we just wait for it to finish initializing.

Here we are now at the license terms. Click on the Accept button.

Wait for a couple of seconds again to proceed with the next steps.

At this point, it is important that you choose to Create installation media (USB flash drive, DVD, or ISO file) for another PC option and click on Next.

Here we are going to leave all these settings at the default and click the Next button.

Here we are going to choose the radio button for the ISO file since we are going to use it for installing Windows 10 on our Virtual Machine. Click Next to continue.

Now we need to choose where we want to download this ISO file. I am going to choose to download to the Desktop and I’ll rename it to Windows10.iso and click on the Save button.

At this point, we just need to wait for the ISO download to complete.

At this point the download is complete and the wizard is telling me to burn this ISO file to a DVD. I am not going to do that since I am installing it on a Virtual Machine so we just click on the Finish button.

Now, back to our VirtualBox, I am going to select my Windows 10 Virtual Machine and right-click and select Settings.

From the Settings windows we select Storage from the left options and from the Storage Devices in the middle pane select the Empty disc option and to the right then click on the Disc icon button and select Choose Virtual Optical Disk File...

Navigate to the Desktop and select your Windows10.iso and click on Open.

And the ISO will be mounted on the Virtual Machine.

The next thing I need to do is to change the network adapter properties. Click Network on the left and change it to Nat Network and make sure it is set to My IT Lab. Click OK.

Now we are ready to power On our Virtual Machine.

Right-click on the Virtual Machine and Choose Start > Normal Start.

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hectorm(@hectorm)
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4 months ago

Hello, I am having trouble with trying to install my it lab. 1st when I try to look for the file I downloaded on the host machine through my guest machine, I can never find it! However, I can always find it on my host machine but when I go back on the guest machine its like its never there. 2nd I am having trouble trying to download VM ware tools? Can you show please me how to download it so that I will not ever have to go through this annoying process again. Hope to hear from you soon Thank you. P.s My email is (removing email for privacy). Happy holidays

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Ricardo P(@ricardop)
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4 months ago

Hi profile avatar Hector MARTINEZ

The file you download on your host machine will not be visible on your guest machine because both are different operating systems and are not sharing the same filesystem. What type of file are you downloading? You might need to look on your host machine for the file and copy/paste it into the desktop of your guest VM.

VMware tools are already on your system if you have a VMware workstation. Check the following video on how to install it: https://youtu.be/X7KZcA1U9Xo

Ricardo

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hectorm(@hectorm)
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4 months ago

Hello how are you? Thankyou for the reply! I didn’t know that VMware tools comes installed automatically on VMware workstation, how ever to answer your question I am trying to download an ISO file and mount it to my VMware machine. I know that the iso file that I am down loading is good because its straight off the website not from a 3rd party. The ISO file is from a Linux distribution. Before I follow those steps that you sent me on the you tube video, I have to first learn how to install the ISO file in my virtual machine 1st. That’s where I am having the most trouble because when I try to copy and paste it never appears on the guest machine.

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Ricardo P(@ricardop)
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4 months ago

I see what you mean. You need to create a “new” virtual machine for that Linux ISO file you downloaded.
Check out this video on how to do it:
https://youtu.be/2KrzgeB6qEI
Ricardo