Create a VM in Hyper-V
Please Following Steps
- Go to start menu and write Hyper-V click and open Hyper-V manager
- You have seen Hyper-V manager window
Next Step
- Go to Action>click New>Virtual Machine
- 2nd way to create a VM
- Right click on your operating system like a Desktop-160QN3B>new>Virtual Machine
- Click on Virtual Machine > new virtual machine wizard opened
Next Step
- Click next and specify your virtual machine name “VM1”
- Store your VM in a different location by default it set as a C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\ location.The best solution is to change your location.
Next Steps
Most important step selection of generation once you taken cannot change after creation of Virtual Machine.
- There is two option are given Generation 1 and Genration2.
- Generation 1: this type of VM generation support both 32-Bit and 64- Bit operating system.
- Generation 2: this type of VM generation support only 64-bit operating system
Next Step
- You can assign startup memory
- Important startup memory is a required memory that changes the state of Virtual machine memory that’s mean VM required a certain amount of initial memory for running VM. By default startup memory is 1024 MB = 1GB you can change by default startup memory value. You can assign dynamic memory.
- Dynamic memory is a certain amount of memory available for VM on memory demand. For example, you have assign 1024 MB memory for VM and VM use only 512 MB memory then automatically 512 MB memory will be allocated to running VM
Next Step
- Configured VM with the network adaptor
- Select a switch and click next
Next Step
- Create a virtual hard disk means create a virtual machine with name, assign a VM path if you want to change and assign a size of VM.
- Another option available use an existing virtual hard disk wither vhd or .vhdx format.
Next Step
- Installation options are given.
There are 3 options are available to specify the operating system
- Install an operating system from DVD/cd.
- Install an operating system from a floppy disk. Important this option is only available in Hyper-V or upload a .iso image
- Install operating system Via Network installation that is done on multiple systems.
Final Step
- Click next and review summary if you want to change any step click previous. Otherwise, Click finish. You have successfully completed Virtual Machine Wizard
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