Basic steps to set up virtual system with VirtualBox on PC

QuanTriMang - When you want to test a new system, new operating system, software, models and solutions . on the available operating system platform, it is definitely best to use a virtual machine. And as we know, VMware and VirtualBox are currently the two most popular software in this area. While users have to pay to use all of VMware's functions, VirtualBox is completely free, does not require the user to register an account to be able to download and operate fairly . Besides, VirtualBox is compatible with most of the current operating system platforms, you can refer here. And in the following article, we will cover the basic steps to set up a virtual machine system complete with VirtualBox.

Installation process:

To get started, download the installation file of VirtualBox suitable for the operating system you are using here. In this test, we proceed on Windows 7:

You will see a lot of options at the settings page - Custom Setup , but if you are unsure about these options, keep it the default:

This process will take about 5 - 10 minutes, depending on the user selection mode. When the Windows Security window is displayed, select Install to continue:

Create virtual machine:

After the installation process is over, we will continue by setting up and configuring a virtual machine to use. Start VirtualBox, the VirtualBox Manager screen is displayed, click New:

Click Next at the next screen:

Here, we will name this virtual machine, select the operating system and the corresponding version:

Next is the amount of RAM of the system that we will provide to operate this virtual machine system. As an example here, the minimum amount of RAM required for Windows 7 is 1 GB (1024 MB):

On the next screen, the system will ask you to create a hard drive. If before, we create a new virtual machine system to install the operating system, keep the options and Next . But if you continue from the existing virtual machine, select Use Existing hard disk , then point to the original file of the previous system.

Click Next at the next screen:

We will have 2 options at this step, dynamic or fixed .

- Dynamically : start with the smallest capacity, then automatically increase to the maximum set in the next step.

- Fixed : always fixed, specified at the following steps.

At this step, we will initialize the maximum capacity of the virtual hard drive for the system, which will range from 4 MB to 2 TB (2000 GB), and name the storage hard drive:

Next, the program will list the general information that the user selects, click Finish :

And Finish again:

Go back to the main control panel of the program, where you can choose to start booting the virtual system or change the settings again:

When choosing Settings , you can change any details, even for some special components that didn't appear during initial initialization. However, if you do not have much knowledge or experience in this section, keep everything and continue:

Click Start at the main control screen to start:

Up to this point, our virtual machine system is nothing but a completely empty hard drive. And of course, the thing to do now is to install the operating system on it, like when it was done with a real computer. Click Next at the First Run screen :

Select the source file to boot, directly from the CD / DVD drive, USB drive, old VirtualMachine hard drive partition .:

Click Finish on the next Summary screen:

In this test, we will install the Windows 7 operating system on the virtual machine, just insert the corresponding installation disc into the CD / DVD drive , and everything will work as usual. To conveniently switch between the two environments while working, keep the Ctrl key to the right of the keyboard:

Once the installation process is complete, we have obtained a complete and complete virtual machine:

However, to improve the performance and performance of this virtual machine, we need to add an external support feature, which is Guest Additions . In the operation window of VirtualBox , select Devices menu > Install Guest Additions:

Good luck!