Installing Windows 7 on Virtual Box Part 1

[C0MPUT3RN1NJA]

what version of virtual box do you use

[AirsoftSniper727]

what if i want to uninstall windows 7?

[imback218]

can you give me another link? cuz the one you gave isnt working...

[Paradinem]

Microsoft stopped allowing downloads of the disk file. You can always search a website like piratebay or demonoid for a torrent of it.

[m4cbook]

when witing just skip to 06:32

[ReidB170]

Hello! Thanks for the tutorial I could not have done this without you! Thank you so much!

[steamburn123]

somehow i can't control my mouse well, help?

[steamburn123]

How to you turn on the volume? I can't get any sound for some reason.

[ReidB170]

Hi! Well what you are going to have to do is go to settings then go to audio and activate your speakers on the virtual machine! Hope I helped! Good Luck!

[WoWHackerguy]

I did the ISO and everything but I get an error saying that there is no system 32 found..

[drumzstix666]

Dude, thx 4 responding but still doesnt work. Story:

- downloaded Windows 7

- came as .winrar file

- extracted it, file had actual setup for actual PC

- then other files

- how do i get an .iso file for it?

[danpluso]

I am guessing that you did download an ISO file but because winrar can be associated with ISO files you probably thought it was a .rar file but it was really an .iso file that you extracted with winrar. Whenever I install winrar I go through the winrar settings and make it so winrar is not associated with ISO files.

[arsenalfooty4]

This wont work if I only have 512 RAM wont it...

[Paradinem]

It should.

[arsenalfooty4]

Seriously? I like only have 512 RAM in my PC and you said "The first time I tried to make the video, the install told me the minimum ram allowed for the install was I believe 556, so I had to redoo it."

[Paradinem]

I don't know, you'll have to try it. The number was 500 something. If you're going to actually INSTALL it on your comp, I don't reccommend doing so. The computer would run slowly anyway.

[arsenalfooty4]

Ok. And no I'm going to use Virtual Box. How much ram should I use when I setup the virtual machine?

[Paradinem]

Well you'd have to use all of it I'm assuming.

[arsenalfooty4]

Ok I'll try it out. thanks.

[drumzstix666]

Dude, I downloaded the winrar file from microsoft website but how do you transform the winrar file to an .iso file. Please, dude i need some help for this.

[Paradinem]

If you downloaded it from Microsoft, you should've just got a .iso file? o_O

I did when I signed up to get an auth key. If you get a .rar file, just unzip it with winrar.

[IndianPrince04]

Virtual Box seems slower then my VMWare. Maybe the Host PC was on the slow side?

[Paradinem]

Could be?

[danielkoolno]

is it posible to enable aero ?

[Paradinem]

I don't believe so, because Windows isn't accessing your graphics card. You may want to research it though to be sure.

[tempest911]

i try this with 1024MB ram and 16GB virtual hard disk but virtual windows 7 Boot VERYYYY SLOWLY! why?

[Paradinem]

Try using less ram? That's one GB of ram for a 16GB harddrive. I've got 2GB of ram for 250 GB harddrive.

[yappers1]

HELP HELP PLZ REPLY ok i have 512 mb ram but wen i do virtual box it wont lemme allocate it all so i get the you need 512 mb but have 368mb setup cannot continue HELP

[Paradinem]

What do you mean by 368mb setup?

[yappers1]

i mean that i cant allocate all 512 mb of my ram into virtual box i can only allocate 386 mb ram so i need a program that lets me allocate all of my ram or else setup wont work :( and i want windows 7 real bad

[DucCT]

7 Needs only 256 to run :)

VBox Allocate 386 MB of RAM because if you allocate more than that, your computer will...idle... or worse... BSOD :(

[Knadll]

If I install now with the new harddisk (image) will I lose any files?

[Paradinem]

If you're refering to the files currently on your hard drive, no you won't. That's the purpose of the virtual hard drive. It stores the files of the new operating system in a folder used by Virtual Box.

[Knadll]

Do I lose all my files when I press the "not upgrade button (forgot the name)" (using Virtual box?

[Paradinem]

If you're refering to the files currently on your hard drive, no you won't. That's the purpose of the virtual hard drive. It stores the files of the new operating system in a folder used by Virtual Box.

[hillviewproductions]

Just before I actually try what you have done, I have one question. How do you uninstall Windows 7 and the virtual drive?

[Paradinem]

Simple enough. You select the OS in the left pane that lists all of the virtual operating systems and delete that with the delete button. You then go to file > virtual disk manager (command + d on mac), go to the hard disks tab, select the windows 7 hard disk and click the remove button.

[hillviewproductions]

Thanks for the quick reply. I'm just downloading the Windows 7 beta now, so I'll see how things go. Thanks, again.

[Paradinem]

No problem!

[hillviewproductions]

One other thing, though. I have 39.7 gb free on DATA (D: Drive) and 19.3 gb free on VistaOs (C: drive). Now where does the virtual drive get thrown?

[Paradinem]

I'm pretty sure the C drive. I've not used virtual box on a windows computer because my laptop can't hand the program. However, on Mac is sticks it right in the operating system library (which is essentially the C drive).

[hillviewproductions]

You can choose where to place it, ie D: drive, right?

[Paradinem]

Looking at the installation of virtual box, it seems you can choose a hard disk from any location on your computer AFTER is puts it in the installation folder that virtual box uses. In theory, I would assume you'd need to put the folder virtual box uses in the D: drive and then it would put the hard disks in that folder. I may be wrong.

[hillviewproductions]

I'll try and see what happens.

[Login12349]

thanks man awesome

[bas23456]

thank you, very informative. I do have a question, with the HD does it take up space on an exiting partition?

[Paradinem]

Yes, it does take up space on the existing partition.