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How to install Windows 10 Technical Preview on Microsoft Hyper V (Windows 8.1 pro)

Here are the steps that you need to follow in order to install Windows 10 tech preview on Microsoft Hyper-V.

First of all go and download the .iso from

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-download

  1. Run hyper-v and click New -> Virtual Machine start-step
  2. Press next step1
  3. Give a name for the new virtual machine 
  4. Click Generation 1step3
  5. Provide ram size (suggest: 2 GB and more)step4
  6. Choose Not Connected for now.We will change that laterstep5
  7. Give your hard disk a size. You can store your virtual hard disc anywhere you want.You can also select one that already exists.step6
  8. Choose the bootable iso that you have downloaded from the windows insider pagestep7
  9. Press finishstep8
  10. Go to virtual switch managerstart-step
  11. New virtual network switch -> External
  12. Choose your network adapter and give virtual switch a namestep11
  13. Then select Settings -> Network Adapter -> and choose that you created on the previous stepstep12
  14. You are ready to rock!windows10-screenshot