Lab 08 - Install Windows 10 in VMware Workstation

Step 1: Set up a VMware Virtual Machine

Start by opening VMware and selecting “Create a New Virtual Machine”.

We’ll go with a Typical configuration. If you’re feeling fancy and really want to tweak the parameters, you can pick a Custom one, but we won’t be going through a full Custom setup in this tutorial.

You will now need to show VMWare the path to your Windows 10 ISO.

If VMware doesn’t automatically detect the OS from the ISO, you’ll need to manually select it.

Choose a name for your Virtual Machine as well as a location where it will be stored. I stuck with the defaults here.

Next up is creating your virtual disk. The advised maximum limit is 60 GB, which is okay. I advise you to stay with the “Split virtual disk into multiple files” option, otherwise, VMware will immediately allocate the space on your hard drive.

Step 2: Customizing the Virtual Machine Hardware (optional)

If you want to get fancy, you can customize the hardware that your VM will use. I’ll go ahead and do this to show you some of the options you can change, but if you’re okay with the VMware defaults you can go ahead and select “Finish”.

Selecting the Memory option, I can increase or decrease the available RAM for this VM. I’ll go for 2GB instead of the default 1GB.

I’ll also give my VM some extra CPU power by allowing it to use two cores instead of one.

When you’re done tweaking the hardware you can close the windows and click “Finish” on the New VM Wizard.

Step 3: Installing Windows 10

Once you’re ready to begin installing, simply click on “Power on this virtual machine”. From here on the install should begin.

From here, simply select your desired language, time and currency format, and keyboard input. Then press Next to continue.

On the next screen simply press the “Install now” button.

You’ll need to agree to the Microsoft EULA before you can continue. Read it (…or not) and tick the checkbox before pressing “Next”.

To perform a clean install, you’ll need to select the “Custom: Install Windows only” option. As the installer says — you should have a backup of your files and programs in order to copy them to the new installation after it’s complete.

This next part may be a bit tricky if you have multiple hard drives or partitions. You’ll need to delete the primary partition and the system partition. To ensure a 100% clean install it’s better to fully delete these instead of just formatting them.

After deleting both partitions you should be left with some unallocated space. Select it and click the “New” button to create a new partition.

By default, Windows inputs the maximum available space for the partition. I’d advise you to leave the size as-is and press “Apply“.

After creating the new partition(s), select the primary one, and press “Next”.

The Windows setup should now begin.

… to this in a matter of minutes.

After “Finishing up”, you will be notified that Windows will now restart.

Step 4: Configuring Windows

After the reboot, you should be greeted by the following screen. The default Windows 10 settings are perfectly fine and don’t really mess with your privacy, so we advise you to Use Express settings. Optionally, you can also Customize the settings if you insist on turning some features off.

Windows will now go through a few setup procedures.

Once you reach this screen simply fill in your new account details and press Next.

Windows will now go through the final steps of setting up…

…and will boot straight to the Desktop afterward. Congrats!

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