How to Create Windows 10 Virtual Machine Using VMware Workstation Pro

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To Create Windows 10 Virtual Machine, Install VMware workstation Pro in Windows 10?

• Double click on the .exe file of VMware workstation Pro
  
• Click on Next

• Check “I accept the terms & condition” >> Next

• Click on next
  
  
  
  
• Select the location for installation >> Next
  
  
  
  
• Again Next
  
  
  
• Check the boxes according to your choice >> Next
  
  
  
• Hit on Install and the installation will start

• Click on Finish

How to Create Windows 10 Virtual Machine on VMware Workstation?

To Create Windows 10 Virtual Machine,

• Create a folder in hard drive >> Open VMware workstation
  
• Create new virtual machine OR,
  Click on File >> create new virtual machine
  
• Choose Typical >> next
  
  
  
• Select radio button – “I will install the OS later” >> Next
  
  
  
• Select OS  and Version >> Next
  
  
  
• Give your virtual machine a name >> Select the pre-created folder >> Next
  
  
  
• Give your preferable disk size >> Store virtual disk as a single file
  

• Customize hardware
  
  
  
• Select New CD/DVD >> Use ISO image file >> Browse and select the ISO >> Close
  
  
  
• Finish
• Select the VM >> Power On the virtual machine >> Ready to go
  
  
  
  *** Note:- Above shown configuration details are just to show the process. RAM size, HDD size, OS depends on your need. 

What is Fixed Disk referring to in Hyper V windows 10?

Fixed disk option uses maximum space. It is faster in indexing and has no fragments. Remember, more fragment data leads to slower disk performance . The size of this kind of disk does not increase on demand.

What is Dynamic Disk referring to in Hyper V windows 10?

It starts with small size and grows as needed. The size increases on demand, with a maximum limit size as decided by the administrator.

Difference between Generation 1 & Generation 2 in Hyper v windows 10 :

Generation 1 : 

• Non secure Bios boot
• Supports Legacy Bios and also support COMPORT & virtual FLOPPY
• It consists of IDE (integrated development environment) & SCSI (Small Computer System Interface)

Generation 2 :

• Consists of UEFI Bios that is secure Bios.
• Does not support COMPORT & FLOPPY
• Mainly used to support Windows 8 & higher OS
• Support SCSI controller

Virtual HDD Formats :

Type1 : .VHD, .VHDX, .VHDS

• .VHD : Maximum size 2 TB
  
• .VHDX : Known as extended VHD, maximum size 64 TB. It has better recovery features.
  
• .VHDS : Shared VHD, maximum size 64 TB. It is a shared disk generally used for clustering and failover storage, supported by windows 10 and server 2016.
  

Type2 : .VMDK

Learn How to configure Type 1 Hypervisor in Hyper V windows 10

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