How To Download & Preview Yourself

Before you have started be sure you’ve got the relevant skills and desire to setup a technical preview. Technical previews are only that - a short look at a new OS that may be nowhere near being finished. If you’re a tech enthusiast, offer an extra PC all over (or maybe a copy of VMware Workstation) and love to tinker read on. If you’ve never installed an OS before or don’t really know what the difference from your virtual machine as well as an ISO file is that you may want to reconsider.

In this informative guide I’ll explain to you how to use the Windows Insider Program, download the OS and acquire it installed using VMware Workstation (Figure 1).

Here’s what you’ll need before you have started:

- A Microsoft Live Account (click the link if you need one)

- Either a PC able to running Windows 8 or maybe a beefy machine with VMware Workstation. Windows 8 requirements can be obtained here.

- If by using a physical machine - an instrument that can burn ISO files to bootable media - similar to Imgburn.

Getting Windows 10

Once you've got everything you need you’ll need to create the Windows Insider Program, once there we could download the ISO image and begin installation.

1. Navigate to https://insider.windows.com/ .

2. Click Join Now.

3. Sign in using your Windows Live account.

4. Accept the Terms of UsePrivacy Statement.

5. Click on the hyperlink to Install the Technical Preview.

6. Be sure to select the option to “download the ISO files” (Figure 2). Otherwise you will install the update on your computer you are using to check out the site (yikes!).

7. Scroll down and pay attention to your product key. You’ll need this later after we do the install. Click on the connection to download the ISO on your language and architecture (in the majority of circumstances you ought to be able to do English (United States) 64-bit (x64).

8. Sit back and wait…. The download is definitely under 4GB so determined by your internet speeds it a bit to download.

Once you might have the ISO file downloaded we can easily get started with installation.Open VMware Workstation and click on “Create a brand new virtual machine”.

1. Select “Typical” and click on Next.

2. In the Install From screen select “Installer disc image file” and browse on your ISO file.

3. Click Next and select Windows 8 x64.

4. Give your machine a title and installation location and click on Next.

5. Specify how big is the virtual disk drive should be. Note that VMware will still only use the space necessary for OS - you won't instantly make this much space.

6. Review the settings and then click Finish.

Next, we have to power up the machine and commence the install.

1. Click the Green power button.

2. After a moment the Windows logo should appear and you will be taken into Windows Setup (Figure 3).

3. After accepting the license terms be sure you select the “Custom: Install Windows only” option. This will purchase a fresh copy.

4. Specify the partition sizing and then click Install.

5. After a few minutes you’ll be assigned the Settings Screen (Figure 4). You can choose to perform the express settings or go with customizing.

6. Next you’ll be asked to log in your Microsoft account. Do so and click on Next.

7. Verify your identity whilst keeping working throughout the steps. Eventually you’ll utilized to the Windows desktop to start out exploring.

Keep at heart that Windows 10 remains a ways rid of being released. Microsoft said “later that year 2015” so I’d guess we’ll likely see another late fall release like Windows 8. Have fun and make sure you post your chosen new features within the comments!