Next, VirtualBox will ask you to set up a “hard disk”—really, a file serving as a hard drive—for your virtual machine to use. Once you click “Create,” you’ll be presented with three ...

We'll be using VMware Workstation 9, where you can get the free trial here. The use of virtual machines can be great in the right hands, or for the right tools, and thanks to our core- and RAM ...

With a virtual machine, you can dabble in all kinds of alternative operating systems, like installing Windows 10 inside Linux. Here's how.

You can install Windows 11 as a virtual machine using the free VMware Workstation Player or Oracle VM VirtualBox.

On Windows 11, you can use the "Windows Sandbox" feature to create an isolated lightweight virtual machine to test ...

Have you every wondered, "What is a virtual machine?" In these days of virtualization, the term is getting more common. Here's what it means.

Using Hyper-V Manager Open the Hyper-V Manager and select the Hyper-V Virtual Machine. Now, click the F2 key or the Virtual Machine in the Name column.

If you want to use Linux distributions or Windows 11 on VirtualBox virtual machine, you must enable EFI. To do this, you need to open the virtual machine settings, go to System, and check the ...

When you create a new virtual machine using the Hyper-V Manager, the virtual hard disk that you create will be 127GB in size (unless you specify another size).

Using virtual machines does not come without a few potential disadvantages, however. The first and most important of these is that the development team needs to be disciplined in backing up their ...