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Creating VM

This guide is partially adopted from https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Hyper-V

  1. Open Hyper-V Manager
  2. Under Actions on the right, click New > Virtual Machine...
  3. If you see Before You Begin, click Next
  4. Enter a name for the VM. I will use Pistonite as example. click Next

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    If needed, change the location of the VM. For example F:\VirtualMachines

    WARNING

    The name is case-insensitive. For the best experience with my scripts, don't include spaces in the name

  5. Choose Generation 2. Click Next
  6. For start up memory. I will put 8192MB. Probably enable dynamic memory. Click Next

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    Arch Linux wiki says "choose enough to ensure Arch and any programs will run properly."

  7. Leave Connection alone as we will do this later.
  8. Select a size for the virtual hard disk. I will put 256GB. Click Next
  9. Select Install an operating system later. Click Next
  10. Click Finish

Conguratulations! You have created a VM!