As soon as Microsoft announced Windows 8 installer today, I started downloading and installing. After few failed attempts to install on Windows Virtual PC and VMWare Player, I was able to get it right. If you like to install Windows 8 from USB drive, read our article on how to install Windows 8 from a USB drive.
Step by step instructions on how I installed Windows 8 on VMWare Workstation:
Step 1. Download Windows 8 installer from the official Microsoft Windows website - https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/index.php
The process to download VMWare Workstation is bit tedious. You need to first register in their website during the process. In addition, before you can download the software, you need to obtain a product key by following the instructions you receive from the automated email from VMWare.
Step 3. Install VMWare Workstation
The installation is a pretty straight forward process. During installation, you will have to provide the VMWare product key you received in the email. (I deleted the email without reading, but luckily I could recover it from the Trash folder).
Step 4. Launch VMWare Workstation. You can find the shortcut to launch VMWare Workstation on your desktop or start menu.
Step 5. Create new Virtual Machine by clicking on the appropriate link in the welcome screen or in the File menu.
Step 6. When you create a new virtual machine, choose the option "I will install the operating system later.". The option to install from the Windows 8 installer ISO image may not work since VMWare cannot recognize the Windows 8 operating system yet.
Step 7. Choose Windows as the operating system. Since you won't find Windows 8 in the list, choose Windows 7 or Windows 7 64-bit, whichever is appropriate. Choose the default options or appropriate options in all other screens.
Step 8. After you complete creating the new virtual machine, VMWare will open the new virtual machine with a blank screen.
Step 9. Click on the "Power on this virtual machine". It will try to boot the virtual machine, but will fail to start the operating system since there is no OS installed yet.
Step 10. The next step is, mount the ISO image as DVD drive and install Windows 8 from it. To mount the Windows 8 ISO image, click on the tab for your virtual machine in VMWare window and select "Removable Devices" >> "CD/DVD (IDE)" >> "Settings".
Step 11. Click on the CD/DVD (IDE) settings on the leftside. On the right side, choose the option "Use ISO image file" and select your Windows 8 installer ISO image file.
You are all set to install Windows 8 on the VMWare Workstation. All you have to do is, click on "Restart VM" in the bottom of the VMWare Workstation screen and it will restart the virtual machine and boot from the Windows 8 ISO image.
The whole installation process takes only about 10 minutes, depending on your computer and resources available for virtual machine. The Windows 8 installation process is straight forward and you can choose default options or select obvious settings. It will ask for a Windows 8 product key, which you can skip and choose to provide it later.
Few key points to note during Windows 8 installation:
1. In the screen "Choose the installation type", there are 2 options:
- Upgrade
- Custom (Advanced)
Choose the "Custom" option.
2. In the network sharing screen, you may choose "Yes, Share and Connect".
3. If you choose the advanced settings and you are prompted to associate a Windows Live id, you may skip it and choose to create Local Account with Windows.
If you were able to do up to here successfully, you will see the following Windows 8 installation screens.
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| Author: Gerjan 15 Sep 2011 | Member Level: Bronze Points : 0 |
If you get a Product Key error, remove the floppy disk. Then it'll be able to install.
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| Author: Adit Rath 03 Oct 2011 | Member Level: Bronze Points : 1 |
I did all the steps but got an error:
*** VMware Workstation internal monitor error ***
vcpu-0:NOT_IMPLEMENTED vmcore/vmm/intr/apic.c:1903
Please report this problem by selecting menu item Help > VMware on the Web > Request Support, or by going to the Web page "http //vmware.com/info?id=8&logFile=C%3a%5cUsers%5cDELL%5cDocuments%5cVirtual%20Machines%5c
Windows%207%5cvmware%2elog&coreLocation=C%3a%5cUsers%5cDELL%5cDocuments%5cVirtual%20Machines%5c
Windows%207%5cvmware%2dcore%2egz%2c%20C%3a%5cUsers%5cDELL%5cDocuments%5cVirtual%20Machines%5c
Windows%207%5cvmware64%2dcore%2egz". Please provide us with the log file (C:\Users\DELL\Documents\Virtual Machines\Windows 7\vmware.log) and the core file(s) (C:\Users\DELL\Documents\Virtual Machines\Windows 7\vmware-core.gz, C:\Users\DELL\Documents\Virtual Machines\Windows 7\vmware64-core.gz, C:\Users\DELL\Documents\Virtual Machines\Windows 7\vmware-vmx-1004.dmp).
If the problem is repeatable, please select 'Run with debugging information' in the Options panel of Virtual Machine Settings. Then reproduce the incident and file it according to the instructions.
To collect data to submit to VMware support, select Help > About and click "Collect Support Data". You can also run the "vm-support" script in the Workstation folder directly.
We will respond on the basis of your support entitlement.
We appreciate your feedback,
-- the VMware Workstation team.
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| Guest Author: Paul Naber 28 Jan 2012 |
This also works for VMWare Player, I almost gave up hope getting this to work on my pc.
Kusjes en zo.
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