Creating your Windows VM

If you read Chapter 1, this is going to be your second virtual machine on VirtualBox. Maybe you're thinking, "Nah, I'll skip this chapter 'cause I already know how to use Windows 7." Well, what if you wanted to try a new software application but were afraid to mess up your main computer at work? You could create a Windows 7 virtual machine and test the software application on it to keep your main PC completely isolated in case anything went wrong. How about that?

There are a lot of things you can do with a Windows 7 virtual machine inside a Windows XP host PC. Just think of a VM as if it were a separate PC where you can test software, or you can even share one physical PC with two or more people, creating a virtual machine for you and your colleagues! Now let's keep on reading…