Creating A Virtual Operating System

[Bill Bundle]

I really thing you guys in this forum do too much testing of programs on your main operating system (OS) and you should learn some very important ways to avoid damaging it. I HIGHLY recommend that all of you seriously consider using virtualization and I have some easy tutorials for those who want advanced protection for your system.

 

First of all I like portablization, because these programs don't tamper with your OS. However, some programs are not suitable for portablization. Starting with a FREE utility developed by Oracle called Virtualbox and there is a utility to portabilze any version of Virtualbox. As with any program both the utility and Virtualbox are always being updated.

Instructions for the utility and a link for download is at http://www.vbox.me/

Virtualbox and its extension packs are at: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

 

 

 

Go to YouTube and do a search for Virtualbox and you'll get a large selection of video tutorials such as this one:

Also YouTube has lots of tutorials on making a Portable Virtualbox such as:

 

You can find the OS of your choice at torrent websites like: http://isohunt.com/ or http://thepiratebay.se/

You'll need a torrent program like BitTorrent to download your torrent: http://www.bittorrent.com/

BitTorrent Explained http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYTvTPrgSiM

 

Take some time to learn about Virtualbox and you can make a virtual OS template for all your OS's like Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Window 8 and even have both the 32 bit and 64 bit systems all on Virtualbox. Then you can open several OS and switch between them as you need. You can run a MAC system on a PC or a PC system on a MAC.

 

The main idea that I'm trying to get across, is that you can test you new programs on a virtual system and protect your main system from viruses, spyware and accidental damage from an incompatable test programs.

 

The few minutes that you learn the materials here will save you computer problems in the future from doing all this software testing. Also you may need more RAM to run your virtual OS.

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Edited March 1, 2013 by Bill Bundle