Note that you can’t use upgrade option and also can’t change the location of Windows 7 installation during the setup since you are using the virtual hard drive to install Windows 7. Once it’s started, you can follow the simple procedure to install Windows 7. Within a few seconds, you will see the Windows 7 installation process in the console. So click on CD and then select Capture ISO image and browse to the Windows 7 ISO file location and hit enter. Generally we use Windows DVD to boot and install Windows, but here you can simply use the ISO file without burning it into DVD.ġ3. Once you click the Start button, you will see Windows Console and also you will see “Insert boot media and click ” message in a few seconds. Click on the Start button to start the actual process.ġ2. This will open a small window called Virtual PC Console. I prefer at least 16GB (Recommended by Microsoft).ġ1. Also, don’t forget to specify the size of the Virtual Hard Drive. In this step, browse the location where you want to create a virtual hard disk and specify a name for the virtual hard drive. In the next screen, select A new virtual hard disk and once again click the Next button.ĩ. I recommend at least 512 MB of memory allocation for Windows 7 to get decent performance.Ĩ. As you are installing Windows 7, you can’t use the default memory allocation, which is just 128 MB. After selecting the operating system, click Next.ħ. In this tutorial, we choose the Other option since Windows 7 option is not available in VPC as of now. Select the operating system that you would like to install using Virtual PC from the drop-down box. To save it to a different location, use the Browse button.Ħ. The file is automatically saved to the My Virtual Machines folder. Here, type a name for the new virtual machine. I prefer this option as this lets you customize as you like. Select Create a virtual machine option from the available three options.
Click the New option and click the Next button to continue.Ĥ. To do this, type Virtual PC in Vista Start menu search box and hit enter.ģ.
Download and install Virtual PC from here.Ģ. That is, you can install VPC on 64-bit OS, but you can’t install 64-bit OS using VPC.ġ. In the Virtual PC (VPC) method, the only limitation is VPC doesn’t support 64-bit. Installing Windows 7 Without Using a DVD or USB via Virtual PC method The first one is using VPC (Virtual PC), and the second one is mounting an ISO file using free tools like Daemon Tools or Virtual Clone Drive. There are two ways to install Windows 7/Vista without using a DVD or USB.
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