

How much you need will depend on the operating system you want to install and how you plan on using it. How much you need will depend on the size of the ISO you’re using, but in general, there should be at least 20 GB of free disk space. This ISO could be of any VirtualBox-supported guest OSes.

If you’d like to follow along, be sure you have the following.

This tutorial will be a hands-on demonstration. This tutorial will teach you how to install VirtualBox on Windows 10 and the basics to get you started. VirtualBox is a free virtualization program that makes it extremely convenient to set up virtual machines on different operating systems. You can install VirtualBox on Windows 10 and create guest VMs instead. Do you want to try a different operating system but don’t want to risk installing it on your main computer? Perhaps you need to test software on various platforms but don’t want to set up different computers? Don’t fret.
