Enable seamless mode of the virtual machine, so you can work on Windows 2008 R2 virtual machine from host OS desktop. There you go, R2 64 Bit Server operating is now on your computer by X86 Sun VirtualBox. Restart the virtual machine after VirtualBox additions installation.
#Free iso mount software server 2008 r2 install#
It’s always recommended to install or update VirtualBox additions in virtual machines. The working Windows server 2008 R2 on VirtualBox is below.ġ0) Install VirtualBox additions to get better mouse integration, display settings, folder share, network speed and more. I’m not explaining any installation steps.ĩ) As usual, VirtualBox worked very faster and installation finished very quickly. The installation will go smoothly if all settings are correct.
Hardware Virtualization Enable VT-x/AMD-V should be enabled.Ĩ) Now start the Windows 2008 R2 virtual machine in VirtualBox. Here, I have ISO file and mount it by clicking on Folder arrow button.ħ) Make sure the following settings are correct under system setting of the virtual machine. So when you boot a Windows 2008 R2 virtual machine, it will read your host physical DVD drive. If you have installation DVD, then insert it to host DVD drive select ‘Host Drive- Drive letter’ mentioned below. Set the disk size and location of disk file in next screen.Ĥ) Press Finish to complete disk creation and virtual machine creation.ĥ) Click on storage option in virtual machine configuration settings.Ħ) Press ‘Empty’ IDE controller as mentioned below to insert Installation DVD or ISO image. Select Dynamically Expanding storage option. Later versions have 2008 R2 64 Bit selection.ģ) Set memory size to 1024MB, and create a new hard disk with 20GB space. Follow the steps to Install Windows Server 2008 R2 on VirtualBox.Ģ) If you are using VirtualBox 3.1.0 or earlier versions, then you can’t find Windows 2008 R2 OS as guest OS, so select Windows 2008 64 Bit. Once the result shows that your PC is 64 Bit is ready then you can proceed the installation of Windows server 2008 R2 on VirtualBox. The mentioned post is having tools to check AMD and Intel processors.
To make sure your computer processor and motherboard support this feature read this post. Normally, Windows 2008 R2 server available for 64 Bit only, so obviously your computer processor and motherboard should support 64 Bit architecture and VT.Įven though you are running 32 Bit Operating Systems, such as 32 Bit Windows 7, Vista and XP as host, still it’s possible to run 64 Bit operating systems as a guest on X86 VirtualBox.
#Free iso mount software server 2008 r2 how to#
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