(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.

To get started with your virtual machine—be it Windows, Linux, or macOS (if you’re really going for it)—load VirtualBox and click on the big “New” button in the corner. You can’t miss it.

The software should automatically mount to your virtual machine's DVD drive and if it doesn't autorun you can navigate there from the File Explorer to launch the executable yourself (D:\setup64.exe).

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.

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.

Virtual Machine Manager also provides a VNC remote control connection to the guest OS. (3) The underlying operating system component of Windows. It manages the computer's memory and virtual machines.