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virtual machine

  • 11-01-2009 9:17pm
    #1
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,534 ✭✭✭✭


    how would i set one up
    i'm just curious to try the windows 7 beta and some people are sayin they are doin it in vm
    btw i have vista ultimate


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  • #2
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Could you not just dual boot for a while. That's what I've done.


  • #3
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,534 ✭✭✭✭guil


    how


  • #4
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,534 ✭✭✭✭guil


    do i just make a new partition on the hd and do install from there


  • #5
    snappieT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭snappieT


    Easiest thing to do is to install VirtualBox. It's free and downloadable.

    Create a new Virtual Machine, and tell it to mount the ISO for the Windows 7 install disk you have. That's about it, but be aware that you won't get 100% of the power of your PC reflected in whatever is running in the VM.


  • #6
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    virtualbox / vmware / virtualpc pick your poison :)


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  • #7
    samhail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭samhail


    jeez thats a good idea ! i think i have the full version of vmware on my company laptop !
    nice one.


    well thats great ! friggin 2.4gb file downloaded last night as default.aspx !


  • #8
    samhail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭samhail


    installation is nearly done on my vmware.
    looking good so far.

    im using vmware - check out www.vmware.com/freedownload/ seems you can get a free serial to check it out, dont know for how long though


  • #9
    PaddyTheNth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 605 ✭✭✭PaddyTheNth


    VMWare player is free, though you've to do a bit of hacking if you want to get VMTools set up inside it.


  • #10
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    The free solutions are VirtualBox and VMWare Server. Make sure you've enough RAM: 2 GB minimum because this will be shared between your current OS and Windows 7. Create a virtual hard disk inside the virtualisation program. You'll be walked though it. Just be sure to specify you're installed Vista if asked.


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