Installing Windows 10 Technical Preview on a virtual machine is available in Windows

In fact, this approach is quite simple and you will not need to install any other virtualization tools because Windows has done everything for you. If interested, here is how. This tutorial will show you how to install Windows 10 Technical Preview on the virtual VHD partition to create a bootable version of the current Windows version.

In fact, this approach is quite simple and you will not need to install any other virtualization tools because Windows has done everything for you. If interested, here is how. This tutorial will show you how to install Windows 10 Technical Preview on the virtual VHD partition to create a bootable version of the current Windows version.

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Download the Windows 10 Technical Preview ISO file here , then use Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool or Rufus to create USB Windows 10 Technical Preview installation .

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Then start the Disk Management GUI feature by entering the command ' diskmgmt.msc ' into the Run dialog and pressing ENTER .

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Go to Action > Create VHD .

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Proceed to adjust storage path and capacity for VHD file. Finally click OK to save.

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Now restart the computer and connect the USB 10 Technical Preview to the Windows 10 installation, then select Custom : Install Windows Only.

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On the next screen, press the Shift + F10 shortcut key to call Command Prompt and enter the following two Diskpart statements, in which [ path-VHD ] is the path of the VHD file you has set up above.

Diskpart:> select vdisk file = [path-VHD]
Diskpart:> attach vdisk

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After the above 2 commands are executed, you will see the virtual VHD drive appear in the list of installed partitions. Please select it and proceed with the installation.

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After the installation process has finished, when you restart Windows, you will see the boot menu of the two operating systems in use and just installed.

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