Open the VMware Workstation10 virtual machine software and go to the interface:
Click on "Create a new virtual machine" to pop up the screen:
Pop-up dialog box, select "Custom (Advanced)", customize the installation, then click "Next";
Pop-up dialog box, select Default installation, click "Next" directly;
Pop-up dialog box, select "Install operating system later", click "Next";
Select "Install operating system later", here is the choice of installing the Windows XP Professional SP3 system is from what, you can see "DVD RW Drive (G:)" CD-ROM, "Setup CD image file (ISO)" Image installation Here I do not select the previous two, select the last item "Install the operating system later";
Pop-up dialog box, here is the choice of operating system, according to individual needs to choose the type of operating system, version, according to what system you want to install what version, I choose "Microsoft Windows" here, because to install XP system, and Windows XP is " Microsoft Windows products, select this option, under the "Version" drop-down menu, choose "Windows XP Professional", then click "Next";
Pop-up dialog, this step is to select the installation path of the system (it is recommended to install the virtual machine do not install on the C Drive), in the "browse" to find where you want to install the system, such as: I am here to install Windows XP system under the F-disk F:\Virtual machines\windows XP file Clip inside, click "Next";
Pop-up dialog, this step is to select the number of cores of the virtual system, although I am the computer is the Intel i3 processor notebook, but also only a dual core four thread, rather than the real four core four threads, so I will: "Number of processors" under the selection of a kernel. If your computer is quad-core, you can choose dual Core, click "Next";
Pop-up dialog box, this step is to set the size of the virtual machine memory, blue arrows for the highest configuration, green arrows for the recommended configuration, yellow for the minimum configuration requirements, recommended "system default", if you often use the virtual machine or you have to install a lot of things can be set up a large number of memory, but do not exceed the maximum recommended memory Here I adjust to 2048MB to install (My computer's memory is 8G, considering to use the virtual machine to do the calculation on the increase), click "Next";
Pop-up dialog box, this step is to select the virtual machine installed after the Windows Xp system network configuration, for the convenience of everyone, we recommend the second item "Use Network address translation (NAT)", click "Next";
Pop-up dialog, this step is to choose which type of SCSI controller, choose the default installation, directly click "Next";
Pop-up dialog, this step is to choose which disk to create, choose the default installation, directly click "Next";
Pop-up dialog, this step is to choose which disk to use, select "Create a new Virtual disk", click "Next";
Pop-up dialog, this step is to set the size of the disk, here to see the needs of the virtual machine, I choose "40G" here, to add that this setting is a dynamic hard disk, that is not immediately accounted for your disk 40G space use, but your disk maximum use limit value is 40G, select " Split the virtual disk into multiple files ", click" Next ";
Pop-up dialog, this step is to set the disk file storage location, select the default installation, directly click on the "Next";
Pop up the dialog and click "Finish" to complete the basic settings of the virtual machine working environment.
2.VMware Workstation 10 creation of the working environment