From here onwards, just follow the general Windows installation procedure to complete the installation.

Step 9: Once you click the Start button, you will see Loading Files screen followed by Windows 8 boot screen. In VirtualBox Manager, select the Windows 8 virtual machine entry and click Start button to start booting from the ISO file. Step 8: You have just completed creating a virtual machine. Click Ok button to select the ISO as virtual CD/DVD drive. Here, under Storage Tree, click on the CD icon next to CD/DVD Drive and browse to Windows 8 ISO file. Under Settings, move to Storage tab, click on the CD/DVD icon to select Windows 8 ISO file as virtual CD/DVD drive. Step 7: In the VirtualBox Manager, right-click on the new Windows 8 virtual machine name and select Settings. Select the size of the virtual disk in MBs (we recommend 20 GB) and then select a location with enough free space to save the new virtual disk.Ĭlick Next button and then click Finish button to complete the procedure. Select a storage type and click Next button to select the virtual disk location and size. Step 6: On Create New Virtual Disk wizard box, click Next button, select Dynamically expanding storage (the difference between Dynamically expanding storage and Fixed-size storage can been seen in the screenshot). Simply select Boot Hard Disk and Create a new hard disk options and then click Next button to open Crate New Virtual Disk wizard. Step 5: In this step, you need to create a new virtual hard disk to install your new Windows 8 operating system. Please allocate at least 1 GB for your new virtual machine. Slide the bar towards to the right-side to increase the base memory. Step 4: Here, you need to select the amount of base memory that you want to allocate to your new virtual machine. Click Next button, enter a name for your new virtual machine, select operating system version as Windows 7 or Windows 7 (64-bit) from the drop down list (as Windows 8 is not officially supported yet), and then click Next button to proceed to the next step. Step 3: On VirtualBox Manager screen, click New button to launch Create New Virtual Machine wizard. Step 2: Run VirtualBox software to launch VirtualBox Manager. It supports XP, Vista, and Windows 7 operating systems as host machines. Step 1: Download and install VirtualBox software.

How to use virtualbox on windows 8.1