Click “Next” and enter the Windows 7 product key (Figure 4). Next, select 'Installer disc image file (ISO)' and browse to where your Windows 7 ISO image resides. For the purposes of this article, we will use an ISO image (Figure 3).įigure 3: Loading Windows 7 from an ISO Image. You can load it from installation media (DVD) or you can use an ISO image.

A wizard appears to create a new virtual machine as shown in Figure 2.Ĭlick 'Next' and choose how you want to load Windows 7. Next, click File | New | Virtual Machine. Alternatively, you can type, 'VMware' in the instant search field and select VMware Workstation from the list of programs (Figure 1). Let's begin by opening VMware Workstation from the Start menu. You may be prompted to reboot your computer after the installation of VMware Workstation. When you run the executable, follow the simple wizard to install the software. If you want to follow along with the steps that I'm going to demonstrate in this tutorial, you're going to need a trial or licensed version of VMware Workstation.

nVidia GeForce 8800GT and above or ATI Radeon HD 2600 and above.

Intel Dual Core, 2.2GHz and above or AMD Athlon 4200+ and above.

Operating system installation media (disk or disk image) for virtual machines.

Support for 64?bit guest operating systems is available with Intel VT or AMD?V CPUs.

Standard x86?compatible or x86?64?compatible personal computer.

The hardware requirements are as follows: Note: Please review the specifications of VMware prior to downloading the software to assure that your computer meets the minimum requirements. You can experiment with the memory settings depending on the specifications of the computer you own. If your computer is 32-bit with 2-4 GB of RAM, you can run 1-4 virtual machines simultaneously. It allows me to run up to 10 virtual machines simultaneously. A desktop or laptop with good processing power and plenty of available memory is all that you will need to unlock your desktop from a single OS to multiple OS's.įor example, my current configuration is a 64-Bit computer with a quad-processor and 8GB of RAM. With VMware Workstation, you no longer need to purchase multiple physical computers to meet your development or certification needs.

In fact, you can install an entire virtual domain on a single computer. VMware is a virtualization platform where you can install multiple Operating Systems (OS) on your desktop or laptop computer.įor example, if your computer is running Windows Vista but you want to experiment with Windows 7 for development or certification, you can install a guest OS of Windows 7.

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