Graphical steps for creating a virtual machine in VMware Workstation

Want to create a virtual machine, but don’t know where to start? PHP editor Xiaoxin brings you the graphic and text steps for creating a virtual machine on VMware Workstation, teaching you step by step to get started easily and say goodbye to tedious settings. This tutorial guides you step by step through the entire process, from creating a new virtual machine to installing the operating system. Whether you are a novice or an experienced user, you can benefit from it. Come and join us on the journey of virtual machine creation!

Start the VMware Workstation program, click the [Create New Virtual Machine] option in the [Home] of the software interface, or select the [File] > [New Virtual Machine] menu.

The welcome interface of the [New Virtual Machine Wizard] dialog box will pop up, asking for installation configuration, select the [Typical] radio button, and click the [Next] button.

The [Install Guest Operating System] interface will appear. Select the [Install operating system later] radio button and click the [Next] button.

The [Select Guest Operating System] interface appears, [Guest Operating System] select [Microsoft Windows], [Version] select the system to be installed, such as [Windows 7], and then click [Next] button.

The [Name Virtual Machine] interface appears, keep [Virtual Machine Name] as [Windows 7], click the [Browse] button, and select the D planned previously in the pop-up dialog box. Select the disk folder [VM Win7] as the storage location (working directory) of the virtual machine, and then click the [Next] button.

The [Specify disk capacity] interface appears again, set the [Maximum disk size] to 60 GB, select the [Save virtual disk as a single file (O)] radio button, and then click Click the [Next] button.

The [Ready to Create Virtual Machine] interface appears, click the [Finish] button, and the virtual machine is created.

Set the optical drive to start. Click the [Edit Virtual Machine Settings] option in the [Home] of the VMware Workstation program.

Finally the [Virtual Machine Settings] dialog box pops up, select the [CD/DVD (SATA)] option in the [Device] list, and select the [Connect at startup] checkbox on the right box, select the optical drive connection method in the [Connection] setting area, and click the [OK] button.

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