
You can also force shutdown the VM via Virtual Machine Manager. If it does not respond, click File -> Quit. If you want to shut down the Windows VM, press “ Close” button. For full screen operation, click on the “full screen” button in the upper right corner.Ĥ. Once you have successfully booted into Windows 10, you can: change resolution To match the resolution of your Chromebook. After that, select the 20GB partition you have allocated and click “Next”. Click “Install Now” and then “ Tradition” option. the best part, Windows VM also has internet connection and audio functionality.Ģ. Now proceed with the installation just like you would on Windows. In a few seconds, Windows 10 will boot into the Virtual Machine (VM). When you do this, you will be prompted to activate the Virtual Network. For Windows 7, you must provide at least 15GB of space.

On the next screen, 20GB of storage for Windows 10. For Windows 7, 2GB of RAM and 2 cores will do. I recommend at least 4GB of RAM and 4 cores If you are installing Windows 10. Here, enter how much memory and CPU cores you want to allocate to the Windows virtual machine. Now, just click on “Microsoft Windows 7” and click on the “Next” button.ħ. After that, enable the checkbox next to “Include end-of-life operating systems”. In this case, you must first uncheck the Automatic checkbox and manually type in “windows 7”. If you are installing Windows 7 then it will not detect the operating system automatically. After the selection is made, automatically detect Windows version. Select Windows 10/7 ISO image You moved it to the Linux files section.ĥ. “ Local installation media” and click “Next”.ģ. Setting up a Windows 10 Virtual Machine on a Chromebook The steps are almost similar for both operating systems. But for this guide, I’m going to show you how to install Windows 10 on a non-KVM Chromebook. For example, my Chromebook does not support KVM, so I should choose Windows 7.

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Here, Find out if your Chromebook supports KVM or not. After opening “ Create New Virtual Machine” button.ħ. After installation, open App Drawer and Linux apps folder. Sudo apt install qemu-kvm libvirt-clients libvirt-daemon-system bridge-utils virtinst libvirt-daemon virt-manager -yĥ. To facilitate, just copy and paste the command In terminal and hit enter. After doing that, run the command below to install Virtual Machine Manager on your Chromebook. Sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get upgrade -yĤ. If this is your first time doing this, it will take some time. one by one To keep your Linux up to date. Now open the Linux Terminal and run the commands below.
