How to Install Windows 7 on VirtualBox 7.0 | SYSNETTECH Solutions

This video tutorial shows the steps to install Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit on a new virtual machine created using the Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.0 virtualization program on Windows 11. ✅ S U B S C R I B E ► ✅ Article ► Creating a New Virtual Machine: 0:00 Installing Windows 7: 1:00 Installing Guest Additions: 3:50 Checking Full Screen: 5:40 Checking Drag and Drop: 5:50 Adding a Shared Folder: 6:15 Checking Internet Connection: 7:40 Installing the USB 3.0 Driver: 7:50 Step 1: First, download the Windows 7 SP1 x64 operating system from the link below or from a source on the Internet. ➦ Step 2: Run the Oracle VM virtualization software and click the New button from the menu or shortcut tools to launch the VM creation wizard. Step 3: When you type Windows7 in the Name field in the Name and Operating System window, the Type and Version values ​​of the virtual system will be automatically set by #VirtualBox. You can also change the path in the Machine Folder section to store the VM in a different location. Installing the guest machine on a portable SSD is important for performance. Step 4: Determine a suitable RAM value for the Windows 7 virtual machine according to the RAM capacity of your physical computer in the Memory Size window. Select 4 GB or higher as the minimum RAM value. Step 5: In the Hard Disk window, you need to create a new virtual disk for the #Windows7 VM. Create a virtual hard disk option is enabled by default, if you have a Win7 virtual disk installed earlier in this step, you can continue with the Add an existing virtual HDD option. Step 6: In the Hard Disk File Type window, continue with the VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image) option checked by default. VHD is a type of virtual disk used by Microsoft. VMDK, on ​​the other hand, is a type of virtual disk used by other virtualization software such as VMware Workstation. If you are using Oracle VM software, it would be better to use the VDI disk file recommended by its developers. Step 7: Check the location where the virtual HDD will be stored in the File Location and Size window. To change the location of the virtual HDD file, you can click the folder icon and choose the desired location on your host computer. In addition, the minimum 32 GB disk space for the Windows 7 virtual machine is automatically determined by the program. If you need high disk space on your VM, you should increase the disk space. Step 8: After creating the Windows 7 virtual computer, click Settings to add the ISO file to the VM and make some other important settings. Step 9: Change the Shared Clipboard and Drag and Drop options to Two-Way to enable file sharing in the General / Advanced section of the virtual machine settings. Step 10: Set Optical for the first device of the boot order in System / Motherboard settings, and if you want to install UEFI, you can also enable the EFI option. Step 11: In the System / Processor settings, set the virtual processor number for the VM to 4 or higher. Step 12: Enable the Acceleration option in Display / Screen settings for better rendering of 3D graphics on the virtual computer and configure the Video Memory value to 256 MB. Step 13: Enable the I/O Cache feature of the SATA disk controller in the storage settings of the VM. Set the virtual disk file to SSD (Solid State Drive) and finally click on Empty and then click the DVD icon to add the Windows ISO file to the VM and add the image file. Step 14: After preparing the Windows 7 VM, click the Start button and start the installation. ───────────────RELATED VIDEOS─────────────── ➊ How to Install Windows 8.1 on Oracle VM ➦ ➋ How to Install Windows 10 on Oracle VM ➦ ➌ How to Install VirtualBox ➦ ➍ How to Install VirtualBox on Mint ➦ ➎ How to Create a New Virtual Machine in Oracle VM ➦ ───────────────FOLLOW US─────────────────── ✔ Facebook ➦ ✔ Twitter ➦ ✔ Pinterest ➦ ✔ Instagram ➦ ✔ LinkedIn ➦ ███████████████████████████████████████████