(3) A virtual machine (VM) is an operating system plus one or more apps running in an isolated partition within the computer. Depending on the size of the hardware, any number of VMs can be running.

You can then boot the virtual disc in Windows 11 with Virtualbox or Hyper-V as a virtual machine in the window. Use the free Disk2vhd to convert a physical data carrier into a virtual hard disk file.

Want to try Windows 11 risk-free? Use Hyper-V to create a virtual machine where you can test the new operating system without losing access to your "real" PC. I've got step-by-step instructions here.

With a virtual machine, you can dabble in all kinds of alternative operating systems, like installing Windows 10 inside Linux. Here's how.

Windows 10 already uses virtual machines to increase isolation between certain components and protect the operating system. These VMs have been used in a few different ways.

The software that creates a virtual machine (VM) environment in a computer (for the fundamental concept, see virtual machine). In a regular, non-virtual computer, the operating system is the ...