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How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

Date: February 1, 2018
Tags: installation, preview, VMware, VMware Workstation 8, Windows Server 8 Beta

Installing Windows Server 8 Beta on VMware Workstation 8? Let’s start!

Below are the screen shots that walk you through the process of installing Windows Server 8 Beta on VMware Workstation 8. I have notated the most important things to notice.

How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

 

How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

Take note, I choose Windows 7, NOT Windows 7 64-bit. I’m not sure it matters, but I believe this will work best for you.

The download is pre-licenses, so you don’t have to enter anything here. However, this will cause problems later if you don’t disconnect the floppy – more on this later.

How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

Click Customize Hardware

Choose the processor that matches your host and enable Virtualize Intel VT-x/EPT (your processor must support this) if you want to run the Hyper-V role on this server. See my earlier blog post on how to make that happen.

How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

Make sure you unselect “Power on this virtual machine after creation”, we need to edit one more thing before we continue.

How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

After you create the VM, go back in and disconnect the Floppy, otherwise the install will fail because the autoinst.flp is missing the product key.

How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

 

How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

 

 

 

A long while later after a few reboots…

How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

How To Install Windows Server 8 Beta On VMware Workstation 8

You are now ready to use Windows Server 8 Beta! I have not installed the VMware tools yet, but I’ll probably try later. If you try it let me know what you think.

Reproduced with permission from https://clusteringformeremortals.com/2012/03/01/how-to-install-windows-server-8-beta-on-vmware-workstation-8/

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