Many of you want to run Dev versions of Windows 11 in a virtual machine.
In my opinion, the best vm environment is Hyper-V for this, but that is not available on Home.
I posted this method how to use it on W10 Home a year ago in Tenforums, but tonight I tested the method to see if it still works on W11, and I am glad to say it does.
You can equally use it on W10 as well.
It is actually very easy.
1. Optional but strongly recommended - create image backup of your pc using Macrium Reflect Free or similar in case something goes wrong (it never has for me but just in case).
2. Select the text below and store as text in a file called HyperV.bat and save on desktop (or any location you prefer)
3. Ensure your bios is set to enable virtualisation.
4. Run HyperV.bat with admin rights
5. Follow this tutorial - Create Windows 11 Virtual Machine with Hyper-V.
In my opinion, the best vm environment is Hyper-V for this, but that is not available on Home.
I posted this method how to use it on W10 Home a year ago in Tenforums, but tonight I tested the method to see if it still works on W11, and I am glad to say it does.
You can equally use it on W10 as well.
It is actually very easy.
1. Optional but strongly recommended - create image backup of your pc using Macrium Reflect Free or similar in case something goes wrong (it never has for me but just in case).
2. Select the text below and store as text in a file called HyperV.bat and save on desktop (or any location you prefer)
3. Ensure your bios is set to enable virtualisation.
4. Run HyperV.bat with admin rights
5. Follow this tutorial - Create Windows 11 Virtual Machine with Hyper-V.
Code:
pushd "%~dp0"
dir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\*Hyper-V*.mum >c:\users\public\hyper-v.txt
for /f %%i in ('findstr /i . c:\users\public\hyper-v.txt 2^>nul') do dism /online /norestart /add-package:"%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\%%i"
del c:\users\public\hyper-v.txt
Dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Hyper-V -All /LimitAccess /ALLpause
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 10 Pro + others in VHDs
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS Vivobook 14
- CPU
- I7
- Motherboard
- Yep, Laptop has one.
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Integrated Intel Iris XE
- Sound Card
- Realtek built in
- Monitor(s) Displays
- N/A
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB Optane NVME SSD, 1 TB NVME SSD
- PSU
- Yep, got one
- Case
- Yep, got one
- Cooling
- Stella Artois
- Keyboard
- Built in
- Mouse
- Bluetooth , wired
- Internet Speed
- 72 Mb/s :-(
- Browser
- Edge mostly
- Antivirus
- Defender
- Other Info
- TPM 2.0
