Windows 11 installation on VirtualBox - Part 2
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00:00 Windows 11 upgrade for free on VirtualBox
00:22 Create a new virtual computer
00:40 Set the parametrs for the Virtual computer
01:40 Update VirtualBox settings
02:03 Setup system settings for VirtualBox
02:50 Display settings on VirtualBox.
03:05 Storage setings on VirtualBox.
03:20 Loading the Windows 11 ISO image on VirtualBox.
03:56 Disable the Internet connection
04:10 Disable the Mini Toolbar
04:35 The Windows 11 ISO image loaded into the optical drive.
This Windows 11 installation guide will show you how to install Windows 11 on VirtualBox to run the Windows 11 Build 22000 ISO image.
In Part 1 of this series I showed you how to become a Windows Insider and download the ISO image you'll need to install Windows 11 in VirtualBox.
Once you have the ISO file than it's time to bring up VirtualBox and create a new virtual computer running Windows 11.
To do that I clicked on "New" and called the new computer "WINDOWS 11." - I then set the operating system to Windows 10 because VirtualBox doesn't have a setup for Windows 11 at the moment.
Then I clicked on "Next" and set the memory size to 4Gb. The next section set the parameters for the virtual hard disk - for Windows 10 the recommended size is 50Gb. When I clicked on create the next section was the Hard disk file type - I left it as it was and clicked "Next" - the next page asked about storage - the two choices are Dynamically located or fixed disk. I usually leave it at the default to create a dynamic disk so I just clicked "Next" and moved to the final page which let me set both the name and location of the new virtual disk and the size. I left them the same which meant the virtual hard disk would be 50Gb. With that completed I clicked "Create" to create my new Windows 11 virtual PC.
One thing to note is that although I call it Windows 11, VirtualBox says Windows 10. As already explained this is because VirtualBox has no settings as yet for Windows 11.
The next thing was to update the settings to give me the best chance of success - Don't forget - this is experimental because in theory it shouldn't have worked because of the restrictions Microsoft placed upon Windows 11 including only being able to install it on computers with the EFI interace and running both Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 - none of which exist here.
Once I click on "Settings" I leave the first page as it is, and click on "System" to get this page. Here I alter several default settings starting with the Boot Order. I disable "Floppy" which I then move to the bottom of the Boot Order and then change "USB Tablet" to PS/2 Mouse" which is what I use. Next I enable EFI because Windows 11 is supposed to need the EFI interface. When that's done I click the processor tab at the top and set the processor count to 2, which may give a faster startup etc. I leave everything else as it is.
In the Display section I leave the Graphics Controller at the default SVGA setting - and the video memory at 128MB. Then I go to the Storage section which is most important because here I'm going to install the "Windows 11 ISO image" I've downloaded. I set the 50 GB Virtual Hard Drive - to Solid State Drive - since VirtualBox is running on an SSD - As you can see the Virtual optical drive is showing empty - because I haven't yet installed the Windows 11 ISO image - so I click on the small optical drive image - which brings up this dialogue box - where I choose a disk file, in this case the Windows 11 ISO image - Once I click on that - it's installed in the virtual optical drive in the same way as if I'd put a DVD into a real DVD re-writer on a real machine. I leave the Audio section as it is, but at the Network section I disable the Network Adapter - because I don't want any interruptions as I install Windows 11. Once done I leave the Serial Port, - the USB controller - and the Shared Folders - at their default settings. The last thing I do is to disable the Mini Toolbar of the User Interface - this is just a personal preference and nothing to do with the installation. Once everything is done I click OK at the bottom which brings me back to the "VirtualBox" interface - here you can see that the optical drive now contains the "Windows 11" ISO image and we're ready to start the install.
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