How To Install Windows 10 In VirtualBox in Linux

Step 1: Download Windows 10 ISO

The first and foremost step is to download Windows 10 ISO. You can download Windows 10 32 bit or 64 bit, depending upon your system.

Step 2: Install Windows 10 in VirtualBox

Start VirtualBox. You should see a screen like the one below. Click on new:

Name the VM. Select the Operating System and version, in this case Windows 10 and 64 bit for me. Choose RAM size. Next is the size for the virtual machine.

You can choose where to create the virtual disk. Default location (Home directory). For hard disk file type select VDI format.

After successful creation, You should be back to start screen. Click on Settings. Go to Storage and select the Empty disk. Under Attributes section, select disk icon to select the windows 10 ISO file for Optical Drive option.

You should be back to the main screen of VirtualBox.You have everything ready now. Next step is to install Windows 10. Click on Start from the main screen. Now You should see the Windows boot screen: After that you can do normal installation of windows 10.

If you didn’t get the above screen and getting the error as below.

Go to BIOS by press F1. Under security tab select virtualization. Enable VT option.