How to create a Virtual Machine on Windows

Creating Virtual Machine:

Open VirtualBox and select New in the top taskbar.

Give VM a name, choose Linux as the Type, then choose Ubuntu as the Version and select Next.

Choose how much RAM you want to assign to the virtual machine and select Next. The recommended minimum is 1024 MB.

Choose Create a virtual hard disk now and select Create.

Choose VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image) and select Next.

Choose Dynamically allocated or Fixed size for the storage type and select Next.

Choose how much space you wish to set aside for Ubuntu and select Create.

The name of your virtual machine will now appear on the left side of the VirtualBox manager. Select Start in the toolbar to launch your VM.

This is the point where you need to choose the Ubuntu ISO file you downloaded earlier. If the VM doesn’t automatically detect it, select the folder next to the Empty field.

Select Add in the window that pops up and choose your ubuntu disk image and select choose and then start.

Your VM will now boot into a live version of Ubuntu. Choose your language and select Install Ubuntu. Then perform basic set up location and user password and then restart.

Successfully created virtual machine.

Doing the above steps you easily create a virtual machine on your windows operating system.

Thank you!