[Guide] Installing Windows 8 Developer Preview on VMware Workstation 8 ~ My Old Blog

[Guide] Installing Windows 8 Developer Preview on VMware Workstation 8

11:03 AM Santosh

As most of you people know that Windows 8 Developer Preview is not supported on VMware Workstation 7.1 & on VMware ESXi 4.1 U1 & on ESXi 5.0. As discussed in last artciles Windows 8 developer edition works well on VirtualBox 4.1. Installing Windows Server Developer Preview on VirtualBox 4.1 Yesterday VMware has release VMware Workstation 8.0 Desktop Virtulizations software. You can download Linux & Microsoft version of VMware Workstation 8.0 from below URL,

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Download Link For VMware Workstation 8.0 VMware Workstation 8 supports Windows 8 developer preview & here I am going to cover step by how to install Windows 8 on VMware workstation 8. If you want any help on installing VMware Workstation 8 check Step By Step Installation Guide To Configure VMware Workstation 8 on Windows 7 guide.

Open VMware Workstation 8, Navigate to File-New Virtual Machine,

Select Typical Configuration & click Next,

Specify path for your Windows 8 Developer Preview ISO file,

In Guest Operating System Select "Microsoft Windows" & in Version Select "Windows 7 64-bit"

Click Next to Continue,

Click on Yes, as we are going to activate Windows manually after installation.

Specify Virtual machine name & vmdk file location & click Next.

Specify the Disk Size & click next.

Click finish to continue, as discussed in Vmware Workstation 8 Windows Cannot Read the settings from the unattend answer file article remove/disconnect floppy drive from ypur Windows 8 Virtual machine.