Step By Step Guide to Create Virtual Machine in Windows 10 Using Hyper-V Manager

Hello Experts,

I have installed Windows 10 (64 bit) on my Dell laptop. I want to create a virtual machine. Is anyone here, who can guide me on how to create the virtual machine in Windows 10 by using Windows in-built Hyper-V Manager? Please explain complete steps, because I am doing it the first time. Thanks in Advance!

Microsoft Windows provides an option to create a virtual machine and use. But creating a virtual machine is not easy for normal users. The query mentioned above is taken from the forum. After analyzing many forum sites. I come to know that, many users are facing lots of issue to setup a virtual machine in Hyper v. So, I decided to put step by step guide here. Simply read this write-up, you will find a quick and easiest way to create virtual machine in Windows 10 and 8.

Steps to Create Virtual Machine in Windows 10, 8

If you are using Microsoft Windows 10 or 8. Then try the below-mentioned steps. Here I will list all screen of complete step. Simply follow the steps:

• First, you have to turn on the Windows Hyper-V feature. For this go to Control Panel and click on Programs Uninstall a Program and after that Turn Windows Feature On or OFF. After that, the Windows Feature Windows will appear, check the Hyper-V checkbox and click on OK button.

• Now go to Windows search panel and type Hyper-V Manager and click on it.

• Here the Windows Hyper-V Manager window will appear. You can clearly see that the complete window is divided into 3 segments. First, connect to the server. For this, you have two option. Either right click on Hyper-V Manager and click on Connect to Server or click on the Connect to Server from Actions panel.

 

• After that, select computer pop-up will appear. Here you will find two option either connect the local computer or connect to any network computer. Suppose that, if you want to create virtual machine on your own computer then select the Local Computer radio button. Else, if you want to create virtual machine on any other computer. Then select Another computer radio button and browse the location of that computer system. At the last click on the OK button.

• Here you can see clearly that, the Hyper-V connected to server. By default, the server name is the same as your computer name.

• Now, let’s start to create virtual machine in Hyper-V. All we have done above is pre-requirements. Here you have two options to start. Either Select the newly connected server and right click on that and then click on New >> Virtual Machine. If you are not willing to do this then you can simply go action panel and click on New >> Virtual Machine.

• After that, the New Virtual Machine Wizard will appear. It will give some information, read it carefully and click on the Next button.

• Here, provide the Virtual Machine name. By default, it will mark this field with New Virtual Machine. Which you can change, simply write your desired name. The Window will store the virtual machine in C drive by default. If you want to change location then check the store virtual machine in a different location check- box, and Browse the new location. If you don’t want to change location then don’t check this option and click on Next button.

• Now, you have to choose the generation of your virtual machine. Once the virtual machine created, you can not change the generation. You can read the difference between Generation 1 virtual machine and Generation 2 virtual machine on the screen. You can select any one according to your requirement. Here I am going with Generation 1 virtual machine, after that click on the Next button.

• Here, assign the memory for your virtual machine. 1024 MB i.e. I GB is recommended, but you can assign it more. You virtual machine speed will be dependent on the amount of memory you assign. You can also check the Use Dynamic Memory for this virtual machine checkbox. After that click on the Next Button.

• Now configure networking settings. If your computer system is connected with any network. Then it will be listed here. Simply select the network, as you can see nat is selected in my case. After that click on the Next button. If not connected to any network then it will be not connected by default.

• Here select one option to connect the virtual hard disk. Here you will get three options. First Option, create a virtual hard disk for this virtual machine. By default, it will take the name of your virtual machine and create the .vhdx virtual disk. After that provide the size for your virtual disk, it can go 64TB maximum size. Second Option, If you have virtual hard disk then, you can browse that also. For this select the Use an existing virtual hard disk radio button and browse by navigating to the location. The Third Option, You can also attach the virtual hard disk after creating the virtual machine in Windows 10, 8 using Hyper-V Manager. You can select any one option, here I am going with the first option. Now click on the Next button.

• Now you reached to the Installation options. Here you will get three option again. Choose one which best suits you. First Option, Install Operating System later use this option if you want to install the operating system later on your virtual machine. Second Option, In this option you have to provide the .iso file of Microsoft Windows OS. So, use this option to install the Windows from the .iso file while creating the virtual machine. The third option, select this option you want to install Windows OS from the virtual floppy disk (.vfd) while creating the virtual machine. You can choose one according to your need. I am going with the first option, install the operating system later. At the end click on the Next button.

• The complete summary of your selection will appear here. You can note down the virtual hard disk path and then click on the Finish button.

• It will show you the progress report. Now you have successfully created the virtual machine in Windows 10, 8 using Hyper-V manager. The same steps can also be performed on hyper v server 2012 r2, hyper v server 2008 r2, and Windows server to create the virtual machine.

How to Create Virtual Machine in Windows 10 – User Queries!

1. How Do I create virtual machine in Hyper-V Server 2012 r2?
2. Want to Know the Steps to create a virtual machine on Windows 10?
3. How to setup virtual machine on Windows Server using Hyper-V manager settings?
4. Is it possible to create virtual machine in Hyper-v Windows 10?

Solution: – The answer to all the above mentioned queries are listed above. Simply perform the above steps and create virtual machine without any hindrance. For all your queries there is only one solution.

Conclusion

In this post, I have explained the simple and step by step guide to creating a virtual machine in Windows 10, 8. For this, I have taken the help of Windows in-built utility Hyper-v Manager. I am sure after reading this complete article, your query how to create virtual machine in hyper-v server 2012 r2, 2008 r2, Windows 10, 8 has been fixed. Still having any dought feel free to contact us.