Step 4: Select the amount of memory that you want to allocate to VM. Select the Operating System = Windows and Version = Windows 8, click Next. Step 3: Type the Name for the Virtual Machine. Step 2: Click Next on the New Virtual Machine Wizard. Step 1: Open Oracle Virtual VirtualBox, Click on New from the main window. Here i used Oracle VirtualBox 4.1, I am going diretcly to steps to follow for installing Windows 8 on Oracle VirtualBox. Some product features and functionality may require advanced or additional hardware, or installation of other software. The features and functionality in the prerelease software may not appear in the final version. It should not be used in a production environment. It may not be stable, operate correctly or work the way the final version of the software will. The software is provided as is, and you bear the risk of using it. Taking advantage of touch input requires a screen that supports multi-touch.DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver.

16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit).

1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit).

1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (圆4) processor.

Here i used 32 bit of Windows 8 Developer preview. To download Windows 8 Developer Preview Click HERE. It is better to install Windows 8 virtually before installing on the PC.Īny way this is only developer preview not retail version, so install on Oracle VirtualBox and try the features virtually. Here is the brief tutorial on installing Windows 8 on Oracle VirtualBox.

Windows 8 virtualbox image download