If you are equally excited like me to try your hands on Arduino certified - Windows 10 for tinkering in the world of Internet of Things (IoT) then you are at right place.
I have mac with OS X Yosemite version 10.10.3 so ideally there are two ways of doing it.
I would go with the second approach as the newbie Microsoft Windows 10 is still evolving and lot of new upgrades are expected in order to prevent crashing of systems the best way is running in on VMware and wipe off to start with newer version of Windows 10.Piece of CAUTION is do keep your valuable data backed up.
Let's get started !!
If you're done with your backup now its time for downloading the ISO file.
Download link :http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-iso
You’ll have to sign up for the Windows Insider Program by giving Microsoft your email address.
After registering—note all the warnings about this being pre-release software, and Microsoft’s stern warnings about backing up your data—select the version of Windows 10 that’s right for your particular system.
If you're running recent mac's then download the 64-bit version.I am running 3.2 Ghz ,Intel core i5 processor with memory 8GB 1600Mhz DDR3.
I have mac with OS X Yosemite version 10.10.3 so ideally there are two ways of doing it.
- The first is to install Windows on a separate partition of your hard drive using Apple’s built-in Boot Camp software. When finished you can boot directly into Windows.
- Doing it the VMware way.I'm gonna use its a hypervisor developed by VMware.inc for computers running on OS X and Intel processors.Fusion allows Intel-based Macs to run VMware fushionoperating systems such as Microsoft Windows,Linux, NetWare, or Solaris on virtual machines, along with their Mac OS X operating system using a combination of paravirtualization,hardware virtualization and dynamic recompilation.
I would go with the second approach as the newbie Microsoft Windows 10 is still evolving and lot of new upgrades are expected in order to prevent crashing of systems the best way is running in on VMware and wipe off to start with newer version of Windows 10.Piece of CAUTION is do keep your valuable data backed up.
Let's get started !!
If you're done with your backup now its time for downloading the ISO file.
Download link :http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-iso
You’ll have to sign up for the Windows Insider Program by giving Microsoft your email address.
After registering—note all the warnings about this being pre-release software, and Microsoft’s stern warnings about backing up your data—select the version of Windows 10 that’s right for your particular system.
If you're running recent mac's then download the 64-bit version.I am running 3.2 Ghz ,Intel core i5 processor with memory 8GB 1600Mhz DDR3.
It's 3.78GB download and my download bar says it will take 4hours that's annoying still i have to wait.While downloading make sure you get a file of 3.5 GB size else there will be an error in vmware - guest is trying to read beyond the iso image . That simply means that the iso img you downloaded was corrupt and you need to download a fresh iso img again.
I am using VMware Fusion version 7.1.1
I am using VMware Fusion version 7.1.1
Ingredients :-
Step 1:- Run the VMware application
Click on the "+" on the top left corner of the vmware screen there you will find the NEW select it.
You can see i already have windows 8 installed on my vmware.
- VMware Fusion / Virtual Machine
- ISO Image of Windows 10 - 3.78 GB
Step 1:- Run the VMware application
Click on the "+" on the top left corner of the vmware screen there you will find the NEW select it.
You can see i already have windows 8 installed on my vmware.
Step 2:- Select booting method
Here we will be booting from iso image so choose the option that says install from disc or image and after that click continue.You can locate your iso image using finder in mac.
Here we will be booting from iso image so choose the option that says install from disc or image and after that click continue.You can locate your iso image using finder in mac.
Step 3:-Creating a new Virtual Machine
Click on use another disc or disc image and it will direct you to the downloads folder from there you can select your iso image of windows 10 and hit continue.
Click on use another disc or disc image and it will direct you to the downloads folder from there you can select your iso image of windows 10 and hit continue.
Step 4:- Microsoft Windows Easy Install
Here as you click the continue it will pop notification to enter the product key and product is already mentioned on windows 10 official download corresponding to the version you have downloaded.Next window is for choosing the level of integration- choose more seamless and hit continue.
Here as you click the continue it will pop notification to enter the product key and product is already mentioned on windows 10 official download corresponding to the version you have downloaded.Next window is for choosing the level of integration- choose more seamless and hit continue.
Step 5 :-Choose operating system
Here you have to choose 8X64 because im using 64 bit mac os and all latest macs are running on 64 bit only.
Here you have to choose 8X64 because im using 64 bit mac os and all latest macs are running on 64 bit only.
Step 6:-Finish
Here you have to click the customize settings button and change the name of operating system from Windows 8 x64 to Windows 10.The vmware also allows user to change processor settings and various other system settings
Here you have to click the customize settings button and change the name of operating system from Windows 8 x64 to Windows 10.The vmware also allows user to change processor settings and various other system settings
Step 7:-Installing Windows 10
After creating a virtual machine for your operating system with vmware now these are the basic setup guides for Windows installation.You can choose the language and region as per your preference.In most of the cases this portion will be filled by default as per your selection of the iso image before.So click NEXT and Install Now.
After creating a virtual machine for your operating system with vmware now these are the basic setup guides for Windows installation.You can choose the language and region as per your preference.In most of the cases this portion will be filled by default as per your selection of the iso image before.So click NEXT and Install Now.
Step 8:-Installation
It will take few more minutes.It took nearly 10 min to get installed on my system.
It will take few more minutes.It took nearly 10 min to get installed on my system.
Step 9:- List of all the OS on VM
You can check all your VMs on the left side and select the OS you want to run and hit the play icon on the top.It will resume the OS from its suspended state.
You can check all your VMs on the left side and select the OS you want to run and hit the play icon on the top.It will resume the OS from its suspended state.
Step 10:- Finally-The Start Screen
Here you can see all your local apps .You can navigate to Windows app store , check out mails,notifications,music etc.Now you can begin to personalise your Windows 10 Insider Preview.
Enjoy !!
Here you can see all your local apps .You can navigate to Windows app store , check out mails,notifications,music etc.Now you can begin to personalise your Windows 10 Insider Preview.
Enjoy !!
The only problem is faced in installing Windows 10 Insider Preview was the iso file was not getting downloaded completely so i had to wake up till 6 am in morning till i had made it running.So if you come across such error : the guest is trying to read beyond the iso image file it means your file has not been downloaded completely some files are missing.Download again and double check the file size with mentioned file size.