NOTE: THIS IS ONLY FOR SETTING UP VIRTUALBOX, OTHER VIRTUAL MACHINE SOFTWARES ARE SET UP DIFFERENTLY.
Step 1: Download VirtualBox from virtualbox.org and install it.
Step 2: Start VirtualBox and click on the New button inside the main window.
Step 3: Click Next, then type the name of the VM in the next screen (doesn't really matter what you type, it's just so you don't get confused), and select the OS type (again, just for your reference).
Step 4: Select the amount of RAM that will be allocated to the VM. If you're installing Windows 2000, 256 MB should be more than enough.
Step 5: Select the virtual hard disk (referred to as VDI onwards). You don't have one yet so you will create one. Leave "Create new hard disk" selected and click Next.
Step 6: A new window pops up. Click Next.
Step 7: You are prompted for the VDI type. Leave "Dynamically expanding storage" selected and click Next.
Step 8: You are prompted for the location and the size of the VDI. Leave the location at the default value, and select the size you think you will need. For Windows 2000, I believe 4 GB is just about enough, for the system and your files.
Note: As you selected "Dynamically expanding storage", the newly created VDI will not actually have that size, but it will be just a few kilobytes in size instead, and the physical file will expand as the guest OS claims disk space.
Step 9: Click Finish in the VDI creation window, and click Finish again in the VM creation window.
Step 10: Click the Start button, near the New button, to start your newly created VM.
Step 11: A window entitled "First Run Wizard" will pop up. Click Next.
Step 12: Leave "CD/DVD-ROM Device" selected. Click to the button next to the drop-down box below the text that says "Media Source". This will bring up a new window, "Virtual Media Manager".
Step 13: Click Add, locate your ISO file, and click Select.
Step 14: Click Next in the First Run Wizard, and then click Finish.
Step 15: Proceed installing the OS as you would on a physical machine. Everything should work now, unless your ISO is corrupted or you don't have enough disk space or RAM for the VM.
Credits:McLoving from MalwareTips
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