Since Windows 10 is a technical preview, Microsoft recommends that you avoid installing it on your primary system. Because VMware Fusion 7 provides an isolated environment, it’s an excellent choice to run the Windows 10 Technical Preview on a Mac.
Because Fusion 11 and above only list the Install Virtual Printer menu item in the Virtual Machine drop-down menu when VMware Tools 10.3.x or later is installed in the virtual machine, you have to first install VMware Tools 10.3.x or later, then select the Install Virtual Printer menu item, and perform the steps that follow to install the. With Fusion, you can run Windows from a Boot Camp partition, install from a Windows disc, migrate from an existing PC or even install macOS as a virtual machine from the recovery partition. Fusion provides a simple yet customizable way to install multiple operating systems on your Mac.
To run Windows 10 Technical Preview in Fusion 7, follow these steps:
1. Sign up for the Technical Preview program and download the ISO from http://preview.windows.com.
2. Launch VMware Fusion 7 or Fusion 7 Pro. From the File menu, select New to open the installation assistant.
3. Select Install from disk or image and click Continue. In the Create a New Virtual Machine Window, Click Use another disc or disc image…
4. In the Choose a disc or disc image window, select Downloads, then select the Microsoft ISO file and click Open.
5. The Windows 10 Technical Preview is now visible in the Create a New Virtual Machine window. Click Continue.
6. In the Choose Operating System window, select Windows 8 x64. Click Continue.
7. Click Finish to name and save the virtual machine.
8. Fusion 7 will start the installation. After accepting the Windows 10 Technical Preview EULA, select install Windows 10 with Custom: Install Windows only (advanced) to create a new virtual machine.
9. Fusion will create a new partition and allocate the disk space required for the installation. Click Next.
10. Follow the Windows Installer instructions to begin the process. Windows will restart during the process.
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11. To finish, install VMware Tools in the new virtual machine by selecting Virtual Machine > Install VMware Tools and follow the installation steps.
You now have the Windows 10 Technical Preview running in VMware Fusion 7.
Source: Try the Windows 10 Technical Preview with VMware Fusion
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Guest operating system Windows 2000 and earlier, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and later support VMware Tools.
- Power on the virtual machine.
- Verify that the guest operating system is running.
- If you connected the virtual machine’s virtual CD/DVD drive to an ISO image file when you installed the operating system, change the setting so that the virtual CD/DVD drive is configured to autodetect a physical drive.
The autodetect setting enables the virtual machine's first virtual CD/DVD drive to detect and connect to the VMware Tools ISO file for a VMware Tools installation. This ISO file is detected as a physical CD by your guest operating system. Use the virtual machine settings editor to set the CD/DVD drive to autodetect a physical drive.
- Log in as an administrator unless you are using an older Windows operating system. Any user can install VMware Tools in a Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows ME guest operating system. For operating systems later than these, you must log in as an administrator.
- The AppDefense component is not installed by default. You must perform a custom installation and include that component.
Procedure
- On the host, from the VMware Fusion menu bar, select Virtual Machine > Install VMware Tools. If an earlier version of VMware Tools is installed, the menu item is Update VMware Tools.
- If you are installing VMware Tools for the first time, click OK on the Install VMware Tools information page. If autorun is enabled for the CD-ROM drive on the guest operating system, the VMware Tools installation wizard starts.If autorun is not enabled, to manually launch the wizard, click Start > Run and enter D:setup.exe, where D: is your first virtual CD-ROM drive. Use D:setup64.exe for 64-bit Windows guest operating system.
- Follow the on-screen prompts.
- If the New Hardware wizard appears, follow the prompts and accept the defaults. Note: If you are installing a beta or RC version of VMware Tools and you see a warning that a package or driver is not signed, click Install Anyway to complete the installation.
- When prompted, reboot the virtual machine.
What to do next
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If a new virtual hardware version is available for the virtual machine, upgrade the virtual hardware.