We have successfully installed win 7 with virtualbox in win 7, sharing some experiences.

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• Question 1: File Sharing
• Question 2: no sound
• Problem 3: Unable to activate
• Question 4: Enable aero

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1. My Environment
2. Installation Steps
3. Enhance VM settings
4. Solutions to major problems

My Environment

HOST: Windows 7 Ultimate x64, amd 5000 +, 4 GB memory

The target is to install Win 7 ult x86 on virtualbox 3.0.10.

 

Installation Steps

Use the original ISO file, register it in virtualbox, and assign it to the win7 VM:

Then, adjust the startup sequence to start the VM for installation.

 

The main setting of enhanced VM is to enable virtual support for CPU Hardware:

If your CPU supports hardware virtualization, you can enable it here:

 

Enable 3D acceleration (DX9 is supported ):

 

Install vboxguestadditions:

1. Start the VM and click "device"> "Install enhancement:

2. In this case, a window will pop up in the VM. Click "run" and "Next" to "complete" the operation. After the operation, restart the VM:

 

Solution to major problems 1: File Sharing

First install vboxguestadditions, and then go to the data space to set the folder to be shared. The folder in my example is down:

There is no problem with this step. After completing this step, create a shortcut in the VM and Type \ vboxsvr \ down in the path (here you can change down to the name of your own folder ):

After the creation, double-click the shortcut to enter the shared folder, oh yeah ~

Question 2: no sound

This is a driver problem. First, set the sound card of the VM to ich ac97,

Download the win7 driver of ac97 from the official website of RealTek and install it on the VM.

Problem 3: Unable to activate

Okay, in this case, we need to add the drive letter to the M primary partition retained by the system in the VM. I am adding E and done.

Question 4: Enable aero

Actually, this is what I asked myself. Bai Google du seems to have no way for a long time. If you want to know it, please say thank you in advance!

PS. On the VM, The vs2010 beta2 editor is still very cool. It can be described as blsting fast, but after the VM is started, it requires 700 mb of memory. It's a big game ~~