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
-
- OS
- Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS Zenbook 14
- CPU
- I9 13th gen i9-13900H 2.60 GHZ
- Motherboard
- Yep, Laptop has one.
- Memory
- 16 GB soldered
- Graphics Card(s)
- Integrated Intel Iris XE
- Sound Card
- Realtek built in
- Monitor(s) Displays
- laptop OLED screen
- Screen Resolution
- 2880x1800 touchscreen
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB NVME SSD (only weakness is only one slot)
- PSU
- Internal + 65W thunderbolt USB4 charger
- Case
- Yep, got one
- Cooling
- Stella Artois (UK pint cans - 568 ml) - extra cost.
- Keyboard
- Built in UK keybd
- Mouse
- Bluetooth , wireless dongled, wired
- Internet Speed
- 900 mbs (ethernet), wifi 6 typical 350-450 mb/s both up and down
- Browser
- Edge
- Antivirus
- Defender
- Other Info
- TPM 2.0, 2xUSB4 thunderbolt, 1xUsb3 (usb a), 1xUsb-c, hdmi out, 3.5 mm audio out/in combo, ASUS backlit trackpad (inc. switchable number pad)
Macrium Reflect Home V8
Office 365 Family (6 users each 1TB onedrive space)
Hyper-V (a vm runs almost as fast as my older laptop)
