Install Windows 7 RC using Virtual Box

Don’t want to mess with my existing Win XP machine, I decided to use the Virtual Box software to try out the Windows 7 Release Candidate.

The first steps is of course to install the Sun Virtual Box downloaded from the website. After the installation is completed,

1. Click the New button to create a virtual machine

2. Select Windows 7 from the drop down box

3. Follow the instruction by selecting RAM and hard disk space

4. After the configuration, you would see something like this

5. Click the Start button, and follow the Wizard to select the Windows 7 ISO image to start the installation

6. After that, just follow standard windows installation screen

Finally, my Windows 7 is booted up