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I know installing windows 7 in 2019 is pretty outdated.

This evaluation virtual machine includes: Windows 10, version 2004 (10.0.19041.0) Windows 10 SDK, version 2004 (10.0.19041.0) Visual Studio 2019 (latest as of 2/15/21) with the UWP,.NET desktop,. VirtualBox Images. We offer open-source (Linux/Unix) virtual machines (VDIs) for VirtualBox, we install and make them ready-to-use VirtualBox images for you. From here you can download and attach the VDI image to your VirtualBox and use it. We offer images for both architectures 32bit and 64bit, you can download for free.

But some people like me really like windows 7.

And the bad news for them is that Windows 7 is going to end this January 2020 & after that, no security updates will be provided to it.

Also in this generation of the internet using any windows OS without any security update is like a threat.

But don't worry I have a solution.

So in this post, I will show you how to install Windows 7 on a virtual machine in Windows 10 safely.

Let's see How.

Install Windows 7 On VirtualBox Virtual Machine

But before we begin.

Please make sure that you have a Windows 7 ISO for Virtualbox.

And if you don't have an ISO file you can download it from Microsoft.

Moreover, if you have a windows 7 bootable USB then you can easily convert the bootable USB to an iso file.

And this tutorial is divided into two parts, one is creating Windows 7 virtual machine & another one is installing windows 7 on Virtualbox.

So Let's get started…

1. Install & Open Virtualbox

Download & Install Virtualbox from the given link. And after installation is completed Open it. Download link…

2. Create a Virtual Machine

Click on the New button to create a virtual machine.

Now it will ask for Name, Type of OS like Microsoft windows and Version of OS like Windows 7 64bit. And then Click on Next.

3. Memory Size (RAM)

Now select the amount of memory (RAM) to be allocated to the virtual machine. As for the Windows 7 Virtual PC recommended memory size is 2048Mb or 2Gb.

4. Create Virtual Hard Disk

And the next step is creating a virtual hard drive for this virtual machine. And the recommended size is 32Gb. Just click on Create.

Now select the VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image) option as a Hard disk file type.

Now select the Dynamically allocated option as a type of storage on the physical hard disk. Click on Next.

Now Select the File location and size of the virtual hard drive.

5. Configuring Virtual Machine

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Now your Win7 Virtual machine is ready & here comes the configuration part. Click on Settings.

On the next screen, Go to Storage, then in the storage devices Click on Empty and then in optical drives Click on the Cd icon to Choose a disk file… So that you can install windows 7 on Virtualbox from ISO file.

Now Browse to the Windows 7 ISO image file, then Select & Click on Open.

That's it! Your windows 7 Virtualbox is ready to run. So Click on Start & it will start booting and loading the windows 7 files.

And Done! You can see Windows 7 Virtual Machine Running properly.


Conclusion

So that's how you can easily install windows 7 in a virtual machine in Windows 10 using Virtual Box. And you can also follow the same method for Virtual PC & VMware.

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I know installing windows 7 in 2019 is pretty outdated.

This evaluation virtual machine includes: Windows 10, version 2004 (10.0.19041.0) Windows 10 SDK, version 2004 (10.0.19041.0) Visual Studio 2019 (latest as of 2/15/21) with the UWP,.NET desktop,. VirtualBox Images. We offer open-source (Linux/Unix) virtual machines (VDIs) for VirtualBox, we install and make them ready-to-use VirtualBox images for you. From here you can download and attach the VDI image to your VirtualBox and use it. We offer images for both architectures 32bit and 64bit, you can download for free.

But some people like me really like windows 7.

And the bad news for them is that Windows 7 is going to end this January 2020 & after that, no security updates will be provided to it.

Also in this generation of the internet using any windows OS without any security update is like a threat.

But don't worry I have a solution.

So in this post, I will show you how to install Windows 7 on a virtual machine in Windows 10 safely.

Let's see How.

Install Windows 7 On VirtualBox Virtual Machine

But before we begin.

Please make sure that you have a Windows 7 ISO for Virtualbox.

And if you don't have an ISO file you can download it from Microsoft.

Moreover, if you have a windows 7 bootable USB then you can easily convert the bootable USB to an iso file.

And this tutorial is divided into two parts, one is creating Windows 7 virtual machine & another one is installing windows 7 on Virtualbox.

So Let's get started…

1. Install & Open Virtualbox

Download & Install Virtualbox from the given link. And after installation is completed Open it. Download link…

2. Create a Virtual Machine

Click on the New button to create a virtual machine.

Now it will ask for Name, Type of OS like Microsoft windows and Version of OS like Windows 7 64bit. And then Click on Next.

3. Memory Size (RAM)

Now select the amount of memory (RAM) to be allocated to the virtual machine. As for the Windows 7 Virtual PC recommended memory size is 2048Mb or 2Gb.

4. Create Virtual Hard Disk

And the next step is creating a virtual hard drive for this virtual machine. And the recommended size is 32Gb. Just click on Create.

Now select the VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image) option as a Hard disk file type.

Now select the Dynamically allocated option as a type of storage on the physical hard disk. Click on Next.

Now Select the File location and size of the virtual hard drive.

5. Configuring Virtual Machine

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Now your Win7 Virtual machine is ready & here comes the configuration part. Click on Settings.

On the next screen, Go to Storage, then in the storage devices Click on Empty and then in optical drives Click on the Cd icon to Choose a disk file… So that you can install windows 7 on Virtualbox from ISO file.

Now Browse to the Windows 7 ISO image file, then Select & Click on Open.

That's it! Your windows 7 Virtualbox is ready to run. So Click on Start & it will start booting and loading the windows 7 files.

And Done! You can see Windows 7 Virtual Machine Running properly.


Conclusion

So that's how you can easily install windows 7 in a virtual machine in Windows 10 using Virtual Box. And you can also follow the same method for Virtual PC & VMware.

Stay tuned for the next post on How to install windows 7 from USB in Virtualbox.

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1- Download Mac OS

Mac OS is a computer operating system developed by Apple. This is a operating system with beautiful interface, however, to own a the computer of Apple with this operating system, you need to use a lot of money, normally with the double price than that of common computers using Windows operating system. Fortunately, you can experience the Mac OS right on your computer by installing a Mac OS virtual machine on VirtualBox.

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Below is the list of Mac OS versions released in recent years:
Mac OS VersionNameRelease Date
10.10YosemiteJune 2014
10.11El CapitanSeptember 30, 2015
10.12SierraJune 12, 2016
10.13High SierraJune 5, 2017
In this post, I will show you how to install the Mac OS on VirtualBox. First of all, please download an installer.
After finishing downloading, there is one file:
Extract the file that you have just downloaded in a folder.

2- Create Mac OS Virtual Machine

On the VirtualBox, create a new virtual machine.
Enter a name for the virtual machine and select a Mac OS version suitable for the Mac OS version that you have downloaded.
Mac OS operating systems need a large amount of RAM to work, You should provide it with about 4GB RAM.
The Mac OS file downloaded by you in the above step is a complete operating system and you can be willing to use without installation. Therefore, on the VirtualBox, you only need to point to this postion of this file.
OK, your Mac OS virtual machine has been created.
You can carry out other configurations for Mac OS, for example, Network configuration, specifying the quantity of Processors,.

3- Configure VBoxManage

After you create VirtualBox virtual machine, the Meta information of this virtual machine will be found in the folder (Depending on your operating system):
  • LINUX (Ubuntu,.):/home/{user}/VirtualBox VMs
  • WINDOWS:C:/Users/{user}/VirtualBox VMs
There are some advanced configurations that you can perform via the interface of VirtualBox, and you must carry out it via a command:
Replace 'Your-VM-Name' by your virtual machine name. Your virtual machine name can be found in the 'Setting > General > Basic' (Like the following illustration).
On the Linux (Ubuntu,.), open Terminal windows and CD to go to your Mac OS virtual machine directory. If you use the Windows operating system, open the CMD windows with Administrator privilege and CD to go to the Mac OS ​​​​​​​virtual machine directory.
Perform the above commands respectively (after having replaced 'Your-VM-Name'):
OK, all the commands have been performed successfully.

4- Start the Mac OS virtual machine

Press on 'Start' button to start yourMac OS virtual machine:
Enter username/password (to be used to enter your Mac OS virtual machine).
OK, at this moment, you have installed Mac OS Virtual Machine on VirtualBox successfully.

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