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Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post.Creating a virtual machine is simple. We have an article coming soon that will show how to install Windows 10 as a VM in the free VirtualBox, too. That’s all there is to it when working with VMware to create a virtual Windows 10 machine. How To Perform a Clean Install of Windows 10 If you’re not sure how to perform one, check out our article: Installing Windows as a virtual machine is no different from making a clean install of Windows. Once you’re ready to begin installing, click on “Power on this virtual machine.” From here on, the install should begin. When you’re done tweaking the hardware, you can close the windows and click “Finish” on the New VM Wizard. I’ll also give my VM some extra CPU power by allowing it to use two cores instead of one. I’ll go for 2GB instead of the default 1GB. Selecting the Memory option, I can increase or decrease the available RAM for this VM. I’ll go ahead and do this to show you some of the options you can change, but if you’re okay with the VMware defaults, you can go ahead and select “Finish.” If you want to get fancy, you can customize the hardware that your VM will use. Step 2: Customizing the Virtual Machine Hardware (optional) #

I advise you to stay with the “Split virtual disk into multiple files” option otherwise, VMware will immediately allocate the space on your hard drive. The advised maximum limit is 60 GB, which is okay. You’ll have the option to pick between 32 and 64-bit versions of Windows OS.Ĭhoose a name for your Virtual Machine as well as a location where it will be stored. If VMware doesn’t automatically detect the OS from the ISO, you’ll need to select it manually.

If you don’t have one, here’s how to get it. You will now need to show VMWare the path to your Windows 10 ISO. If you’re feeling fancy and really want to tweak the parameters, you can pick a Custom one, but we won’t be going through a full Custom setup in this tutorial. Start by opening VMware and selecting “Create a New Virtual Machine” Installed and fully working VMware Workstation 11 (which provides a free 30-day trial)Installation media for Windows 10 (ISO or DVD) Step 1: Set up a VMware Virtual Machine #